DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 11-12; Jeremiah 48; Hebrews 12:18 to 13:6
Thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother [when] he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Obadiah 1:12
The disciplinary hand of God is upon a Christian you know, and you know why. Perhaps your brother has persisted in some path of disobedience, and your warnings and admonitions have gone unheeded. So what now? Shall we account ourselves to be more righteous than God, by adding our condemnation to His sorrow? God forbid, for we all would be in the same situation but for God’s preserving grace. “Even thou wast as one of them,” (vs. 11). Pray for their restoration! Pray with tears! —Rick Morse
“Father, forgive,” the Saviour said, “They know not what they do”;
His heart was moved when thus He prayed, for me, my friends, and you.—John Newton