Lamentations 3:39-41. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
I can understand Jeremiah’s pain as he lamented over the sinful nature of his people Israel, because our society today is also a sinful, wicked, cruel, evil, Godless entity, possibly the most sinful there’s ever been, seeing that we have lots more things to provoke us to sin than any previous society. His question, re men complaining about the punishment of their sins, just shows how far the Israelites had moved away from God. Apparently they had reached a stage where they did not expect any punishment for their sins, so it came as a shock when they realized what was happening. But how can one knowingly do wrong over a long period of time and not expect to be punished, or complain about the punishment eh? The same thing applies to us today. We’ve strayed so far from God, that it takes us totally by surprise when he jolts us back to reality. Friends, as Jeremiah beseeched his people back then, I’m doing the same today: Let us search our hearts; do some serious soul searching. Let’s check out our behaviour; analyze it down to the nitty gritty and discover where we’ve gone, or are going wrong, because all of us have fallen short of the glory of God, just some more than others. And when we have examined our hearts and our behaviour, let’s change for the better; let’s turn again to Our God, the one and only true Supreme Being. Let’s seek His face once more, so that we can live in peace and prosperity, for it’s through Him alone, that that can come to pass. Friends, let’s do it for our children’s children. Let’s try and give them a better world to live in, so that when future generations look back on our time, they won’t say, like the Israelites, that their forefathers committed horrible abominations before the Lord, that’s why they were punished. As Jeremiah encouraged, ‘Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto the God in the heavens.’ Much LOVE…along with plenty soul searching and making The Most High the focus of our lives.
I can understand Jeremiah’s pain as he lamented over the sinful nature of his people Israel, because our society today is also a sinful, wicked, cruel, evil, Godless entity, possibly the most sinful there’s ever been, seeing that we have lots more things to provoke us to sin than any previous society. His question, re men complaining about the punishment of their sins, just shows how far the Israelites had moved away from God. Apparently they had reached a stage where they did not expect any punishment for their sins, so it came as a shock when they realized what was happening. But how can one knowingly do wrong over a long period of time and not expect to be punished, or complain about the punishment eh? The same thing applies to us today. We’ve strayed so far from God, that it takes us totally by surprise when he jolts us back to reality. Friends, as Jeremiah beseeched his people back then, I’m doing the same today: Let us search our hearts; do some serious soul searching. Let’s check out our behaviour; analyze it down to the nitty gritty and discover where we’ve gone, or are going wrong, because all of us have fallen short of the glory of God, just some more than others. And when we have examined our hearts and our behaviour, let’s change for the better; let’s turn again to Our God, the one and only true Supreme Being. Let’s seek His face once more, so that we can live in peace and prosperity, for it’s through Him alone, that that can come to pass. Friends, let’s do it for our children’s children. Let’s try and give them a better world to live in, so that when future generations look back on our time, they won’t say, like the Israelites, that their forefathers committed horrible abominations before the Lord, that’s why they were punished. As Jeremiah encouraged, ‘Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto the God in the heavens.’ Much LOVE…along with plenty soul searching and making The Most High the focus of our lives.
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