DLCM DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL
NEEDLESS SUFFERING
6TH , AUGUST 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 13-15
TEXT: Lamentations 5:10-22
10 Our skin is
hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the
cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not
respected.
13 Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered
under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And
the young men from their music.
15 The joy of
our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us,
for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint; Because of
these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes
walking about on it.
19 You,
O Lord, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
20 Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so
long a time?
21 Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be [a]restored; Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very
angry with us!
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KEY VERSE:
“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be
turned; renew our days as of old.” - Lamentations 5:21
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
People suffer needlessly through careless living.
THE MESSAGE:
Jeremiah has been labelled 'the weeping man
of God', on account of the elegy he was inspired to write after the destruction
of Jerusalem by the Babylonians about 600 years before the time of Jesus
Christ. Following his moving literary work recorded in the Old Testament as the
book of Lamentations, the world coined the word, 'jeremiad', to describe any
literature that mourns a tragedy. There are few written works that portray the
despair and loss Judah suffered at the hands of the enemy.
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In our text, Jeremiah had repeatedly warned
of the dire consequences of the disobedience of his people to the laws of God.
He spoke of their rebellion and rejection of His ways. Jeremiah delivered the
Lord's stern plea asking them to forsake their apostasy or face the disastrous
results of a 70-year captivity. They ignored him and threw the Lord's messenger
into prison, threatening to kill him.
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Jeremiah did not budge. He preached until
God's word was fulfilled, with Jerusalem overrun and the great Temple, razed.
He lamented in the wake of the massive ruin and desolation of his compatriots.
It is impossible for the recalcitrant sinner to escape divine judgment.
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Still, as he concluded his dirge, Jeremiah
asked the loving and compassionate God to put upon His people, the spirit of
penitence and supplication, so they would ask to return to Him and again
experience the joy of the days of old. The believer ought not to learn of the
mercy of his Redeemer only after he has been whipped by the devil when he
strays into his territory through the sin of disobedience.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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