Mon.’s Devo - Praise the Lord!

Read: Lamentations 4:1-5:22; Hebrews 2:1-18; Psalm 103:1-22; Provers 26:23 The wealthy of Jerusalem didn’t prepare for their future. They enjoyed their wealth and sinful life-styles refusing to hear the warnings of the prophets. So they didn’t change their ways and it cost them everything. They were once healthy and satisfied, only to end up starving and killing their own children to stay alive themselves. They only lived for the moment. They could not see Jerusalem being taken in their wildest dreams. No one could except God’s prophets. They were guilty of shedding innocent blood and now their blood was required. They were scattered to other nations who despised them. No matter where they hid, their enemy found them. They had trusted in their king but he was not able to protect them. They had been reduced to slaves of their own sins. Every age was punished and shamed. Jeremiah cried out for God to remember them and restore them back to him. Hebrews reminds us that the angels were punished when they left heaven and came to hearth in Genesis 6 and took wives of the women on the earth. They were punished, so what makes us think we will escape punishment if the angels didn’t. Our sin would be ignoring the great salvation that God sent to us through Jesus. It is not angels that are going to rule the future world, but humans who were faithful to God in this life. Jesus went through the suffering he endured for the promise of glory to come. We have the same Father as Jesus. Jesus became a man to reconcile us from God and to break the power of death over us. Jesus became our High Priest making a sacrifice once and for all for us. His sacrifice was his own body to take away the sins of the whole earth. Our Psalm tells us that God forgives our sins, heals all our diseases, redeems us from death and crowns us with love and mercy. He fills our lives with good things and renews our youth. He gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. We have a very good God! Lord, we praise you for your love and tenderness towards us. Though we don’t deserve your love, you freely give it to us. Help us not to neglect or forget the price of our salvation. Give us opportunities to share this great news with others today.