READ: Nahum 1-3; Proverbs 20; Revelation 10
SCRIPTURE: Nahum 1: The Lord is slow to anger
and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In
the gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
OBSERVATION: We human beings
are used to focusing more on what is convenient and encouraging to us than on
matters that are uncomfortable to us.
When people think about God, their thoughts on God usually have a strong
connection with what they know about God. Concerning God, people emphasize his
love more than any other aspect of him. Of course, God is love, and his love is
eternal and inseparable from him. When reading and listening about God's
punishment for sin, many people think, How a loving God could punish his
creation? When we study about God, we should not do what false teachers are
doing—choosing the text out of its contexts to interpret according to their false
understanding of God’s word. Here, Nahum’s words remind what God proclaimed to
Moses in Exodus 34:6-7.
The central theme of Nahum’s prophecy
was the fall of Ninevah. However, Nahum
1 tells us about God’s characteristics and his power. Sometimes, people mumble
why God is not doing anything against the wrongdoers? Why God overlooks the
sins of people? Why do the wicked continually grow up and increase while the
righteous suffer? Here, Nahum 1:3 reminds us of God’s two significant
characters. An old saying says, “little knowledge is always dangerous.” Concerning
God also it is true. So, we must make efforts to know him better every day to
have a complete and biblical understanding of God. God is able to protect his people;
he has the power to establish his justice to all. If we have a coin or money
that is printed on only one side of it, then the coin has no value and becomes
void. Therefore, we need to seek God by preparing ourselves to know him more and
become familiar with what we have not yet learned about him.
APPLICATION: I am alive because God is kind to me and saved
me from punishment. If God is angry with everyone, none of us will be spared.
However, his grace gives me the confidence to believe what he did for me in his
love. The love aspect of God encourages me to remain in his love. The
punishment he has for those who disobey him serves as a warning to return to
God. I should be careful to give a proper interpretation of God’s word to help
people love him more and more.
PRAYER: Father, thank you for your grace that fills me
and overflows through me. Lord, help me remain in the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ and celebrate his love every day. Holy Spirit, open my eyes to see the truth
in God’s word about his love and plan for me. Amen.
- Arputharaj Samuel
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