NAHUM

How many of us have ever read Nahum? I hadn't. But it is so beautifully written, makes you sit up and think and tells all. I don't know how right I am in my thinking, but I also think it is describing the world we live in as well. After reading the verses below, I pray that you will want to read the rest of the Book of Nahum. I had to. Worried about time? Well, there isn't but three chapters so it won't take all that long. It will, I think, refresh your spirit. We all need that from time to time.

Nahum 1:2-8
God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence; yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Who can stand before indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Now I know there are a lot of you who are going to say, "Oh goody, I can just sit back and do nothing. He said He would take care of it all." Well, my friend you are so wrong. Why do you think that Nineveh and so many of the other cities fell? Simply because the citizens would not take a stand against the evil going on in their city. By not taking a stand we condone the evil and are just as guilty as the ones that committed the crime. How many of us can and would "shake the dust off our feet and never look back?" Oh no, we can't have that no, we might hurt someone's feelings. We have to love everybody. Yes we do, you are right there. But one thing is forgotten in loving, we are told, in the Bible, that we are to "love the good and hate the evil."

Look what he said, "and he knoweth them that trust in him." How do we show Him we knoweth Him and love Him? By seeking Him and His words. By letting Him tell us what to do. Then by being brave enough to follow the path He has told us to follow. It isn't always going to be easy, but with Him by our side, we can accomplish the impossible. God will then do as He says in Nahum 1:12, Thus saith the Lord; Thought they e quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Verse 13: For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

God's blessings to each of you,
LJG