Just look at the serious chaos in America and around the world. You may be tempted to ask the question, where is God? Sometimes it just seems as if everything is spinning out of control. But I want to tell you emphatically that God is still in control.
In my personal Bible study, I am currently studying the Book of Jeremiah. As I meditated on what I had been reading this week, a thought occurred to me that I find absolutely powerful, and I want to share it with you in this post.
Because of the disobedience of God’s people’s, He led them into captivity in Babylon. Now that seems ironic that God would take a heathen nation, make it His servant, and use that nation to chastise His own people! But He did.
But that’s not the end of the story. Because the king of Babylon got lifted up in the process, later God said these words through the mouth of Jeremiah: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. And I will bring Israel again to his habitation” (Jeremiah 50:18-19a). And for those of you who know the rest of the story, God did restore His people to their land.
Moreover, in the Book of Jeremiah, God pronounced judgment upon other nations, such as the Philistines (chapter 47), the Moabites (chapter 48), the Ammonites, the Edomites, and Damascus (chapter 49).
OK, let me get to the point, here. The point is that these nations upon which God pronounced judgment had no affiliation with Him. They served idols as their god. So how could God just impose judgment upon those other nations as if they were His? Because my friends, they were and are His. Jehovah was God of all the earth. All nations were accountable to Him.
I submit to you that nothing has changed. I know that in America we have freedom of religion. And I know that in nations around the world, there are so many religions we can’t know the number of them. But there is but one true God. Yes, He allows things to go on that are not consistent with His will. And yes, He allows us to reject Him and even deny His existence.
But this is only for a season. Ultimately, He will set the record straight. In every nation throughout the world, those who reject Him will be accountable to Him and upon them He will impose judgment. God is the Judge of all the earth, the powers that be are subject to Him, and God is in control. In this let us be encouraged.
Copyright © 2012 by Frank King. All rights reserved.
In my personal Bible study, I am currently studying the Book of Jeremiah. As I meditated on what I had been reading this week, a thought occurred to me that I find absolutely powerful, and I want to share it with you in this post.
Because of the disobedience of God’s people’s, He led them into captivity in Babylon. Now that seems ironic that God would take a heathen nation, make it His servant, and use that nation to chastise His own people! But He did.
But that’s not the end of the story. Because the king of Babylon got lifted up in the process, later God said these words through the mouth of Jeremiah: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. And I will bring Israel again to his habitation” (Jeremiah 50:18-19a). And for those of you who know the rest of the story, God did restore His people to their land.
Moreover, in the Book of Jeremiah, God pronounced judgment upon other nations, such as the Philistines (chapter 47), the Moabites (chapter 48), the Ammonites, the Edomites, and Damascus (chapter 49).
OK, let me get to the point, here. The point is that these nations upon which God pronounced judgment had no affiliation with Him. They served idols as their god. So how could God just impose judgment upon those other nations as if they were His? Because my friends, they were and are His. Jehovah was God of all the earth. All nations were accountable to Him.
I submit to you that nothing has changed. I know that in America we have freedom of religion. And I know that in nations around the world, there are so many religions we can’t know the number of them. But there is but one true God. Yes, He allows things to go on that are not consistent with His will. And yes, He allows us to reject Him and even deny His existence.
But this is only for a season. Ultimately, He will set the record straight. In every nation throughout the world, those who reject Him will be accountable to Him and upon them He will impose judgment. God is the Judge of all the earth, the powers that be are subject to Him, and God is in control. In this let us be encouraged.
Copyright © 2012 by Frank King. All rights reserved.
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