DAILY READINGS: Exodus 26:31 to 27:19; Psalm 72; Acts 15:22-35
Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as He hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. Jer. 40:3
No, these are not the words of a prophet of Israel, although they could and should have been. They are the words of the Captain of the Babylonian army, Nebuzaradan. What an indictment when the unbelieving world around us can perceive God’s ways, but we cannot! Aided by the accuser of our brethren (Rev 12:10), unbelievers often see the glaring flaws in our testimony. Is our Gospel hid by unrepentant disobedience? —Rick Morse
Content to let the world go by, to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame; my glory all the cross.—Elizabeth Clephane