Sat.’s Devo - The Third Lamentation

Read: Lamentations 3:1-46; Hebrews 1:1-14; Psalm 102:1-28; Proverbs 26:21-22 This song gives us the personal feeling of the Israelites during this time. God had poured out his fury on their land and everyone was hurting. The presence of the Lord could not be felt or found. They felt hopeless and distraught. They were homeless and their suffering was too hard to bear. They tried their loss and swear to never forget this time. Yet, this man (probably Jeremiah) dares to hope because he knows that the faithful love of God never ends. His mercies need cease. He knows that God is good to those who trust in him. He knows that his only hope is in waiting on the Lord to move. He realizes that they are under God’s yoke of discipline. God’s love is merciful and he doesn’t stay mad forever. He takes no pleasure in hurting people or causing sorrow. He knows that their sins caused this and God had to respond and discipline them. This was their fault, not God’s Jeremiah remembers the time when he was thrown into the cistern and left for dead, but God had him drawn out and saved. Israel was in the pit right now, but God would reach down and save her when the time was right. No one knows the written or Hebrews. Some think it is Luke and others think it is Paul. It could have been neither. It was written to argue the superiority of Christianity over Judaism. It begins by telling how God talked to his people during the Old Testament. He spoke through the prophets Now he speaks to us through Jesus. Jesus is the very image of God. He purged us of our sins and now sits on the right hand of God in heaven. Jesus was much higher than the angels who worshipped him at his birth. He was God’s own son, his scepter of righteousness on the earth. He had been with God when he created the earth in the book of Genesis. This earth will one day be done away with but He will remain. Angels are God’s ministering spirits sent to help all who are destined for salvation. They are sent to help us! Lord, thank you for your faithfulness and kindness even when we don’t deserve it. Thank you for sending Jesus to earth to die for our sins and be your presence on the earth. Thank you for angels that minister to us and protect us. You are a wonderful God.