SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01-03-2026
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-3
“Judgment Affirms God’s Plan”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Nahum
1:9-13
Message of the verses: “9 ¶
What do you conspire against the LORD? He will make an utter end of
it. Affliction will not rise up a second time. 10 For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They will be devoured like stubble fully dry.
11 Out of you comes One who plots evil against the
LORD, A wicked counsellor. 12
Thus says the LORD:
“Though they are quiet and likewise many, Yet they will be cut down when he will pass
through. Though I have afflicted you, I
shall afflict you no more; 13 For now I
shall break off his yoke from you, And
burst your bonds apart.”
I continue to look at John
MacArthur’s commentary as he writes on these verses above.
“Nineveh’s judgment also confirmed
God’s purpose to show mercy to His chosen people. The prophet boldly attributed this mercy
directly to Yahweh by declaring, ‘Thus says Yahweh.’ In promising to demonstrate mercy to
Israel, God first acknowledged that the Assyrians were at full strength and
likewise many. From a human
perspective, they seemed to be too mighty and too many to be defeated. But, in reality, they were nothing compared
to the Lord. Hence, Nahum declared that even
so, they will be cut off and pass away. The
Lord would cut off the Asyrian army, mowing them down as if they were
the wool of a sheep (Gen. 31:19; Deut. 15:19) or the hair of a man (Jer. 7:29;
Mic 1:16; cf. Job 1:20).”
(Gen. 31:19; Deut. 15:19)
“19 And Laban went to shear his sheep, and Rachel
had stolen the household gods that were her father’s.”
19 ¶ All firstborn males that are born from your
herd and your flock, you shall sanctify to the LORD your God; you shall
not do any work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the
firstborn of your flock.”
(Jer. 7:29; Mic 1:16; cf. Job 1:20)
“29 ¶ Cut off your hair and cast it
away, And take up a lamentation
on the high places; For the
LORD has rejected and has forsaken The
generation of his wrath.’”
“16 Make yourself bald and cut off your
hair, For your precious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they will go from you into captivity.”
“20 ¶ Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved
his head and he fell on the ground and worshipped.”
“Under
divine judgment, Nineveh’s military would pass away, an allusion to
being washed away in a flood (Cf. Nah. 1:8).”
(Cf. Nah. 1:8)
“8 But with an overflowing flood כ He will make an utter end of
its place, And darkness will pursue his
enemies.”
“The
Assyrian army was but a passing shadow before God (cf. Ps. 90:4, 9; 103:15-16;
144:4; James 4:14).”
(cf. Ps. 90:4, 9; 103:15-16; 144:4;
James 4:14)
“4 Make glad the soul of your
servant, For I lift up my soul to you, oh
Lord.”
“9 All the nations whom you have made Will come and worship before you, Oh Lord, and they will glorify your
name.”
“15 As for man, his days are like
grass; As a flower of the field, so
he flourishes. 16 For the wind
passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place knows it no more.”
“4 Man is like vanity; His days are like a shadow that
passes away.”
“14 whereas you do not know what will happen
tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour which
appears for a little time and then vanishes;”
I will
save the rest of this section until tomorrow morning, Lord willing.
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: As I look at these verses, and there are many
like this in the Word of God, the one thing that I can see is that God is in
control of the things that are going on, on planet earth, and though sometimes I
have a hard time dealing with those times in my life, and can like Job take
courage that God never makes a mistake.
My Steps
of faith for Today: Trust the Lord for all of those circumstances
that are troublesome to me, realizing that He can never, ever make a mistake.
1/3/2026
11:16 AM
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