Sat.’s Devo - Restore Our Joy

Read: Lamentations 4:1-5:22; Hebrews 2:1-18; Psalm 103:1-22; Proverbs 26:23 Today we read a picture of the siege in Jerusalem. The people who were once God’s finest gold had been reduced to pots of clay. They were doing tragic unheard of things just to keep alive. They were eating their own children and had become worse than animals. No one would have believed the sight of Jerusalem. Yet it happened because of the sins of their prophets and priests. Thrones who were spiritually responsible for keeping Judah walking according to the law had failed the people. They had prophesied falsely and led the people into the worshipping of idols. They had sacrificed so many innocent children that the people didn’t even want them to touch them. None of their sacrifices had worked; all those children died in vain. They had waited for Egypt and other nations they had paid to be their allies to rescue them, but they never came. The change that has happened to their city is unimaginable. It is so obvious because it happened in such a short time though the seeds had been growing underground for a long time. Bad seeds produce bad results. It reminds me of 2020 in America. Sin had been maturing for years but its manifestation came quickly. Jeremiah ended with, “But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.” He prays for God to restore them and bring them back to him and to restore their joy. It is my belief that God is not going to do to America what he did to Jerusalem because we are living in a different dispensation. The children of God have repented in America and come back to our roots and God has heard our prayers. We are watching as God is exposing sin and uprooting bad trees to plant good ones. I truly expect to see the map of the United States go red on November 3rd and all the glory will go to the Lord who has come to rescue his nation. Hebrews is almost too wonderful to believe. Hebrews talks so much about angels and lets us know that they were not perfect. Many angels sinned and followed Satan and they will be punished. Even though we are made lower than them, we will be crowned with glory and honor and given authority over all things just like Jesus is. Jesus had to become a man so that he could die and break the curse of death. We can now live without the fear of death. Lord, what you are bringing us into is an age that we have only heard about and know so little about but we are trusting you to lead us into it. Thank you that you have saved the best wine for last.