SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01-05-2026
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-5“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 really thought that I would have finished this
section in yesterday's SD, but there are many verses to look up, and so I will
continue in today’s SD to see if I can finish it. Also I want to begin something new, but not
too new as I have used this in earlier SD’s a long time ago, and that is
something that comes from Dr. David Jeremiah, and his turning point ministry as
he has written note cards with words of wisdom on them, which he wrote in
2002. I will post them at the end of my
morning SD’s and I think that all who will read them will be blessed.
“God’s
declaration that He will break the yoke bar meant that He would destroy
Nineveh to deliver His people from Assyrian oppression. The Lord then added, ‘I will break your
bands apart.’ In Psalm 107:14, this
same statement described God’s deliverance of despairing people, even those in
the shadow of death (cf. v. 10).”
Psalm
107:10, 14)
“10 ¶ Those who sat in darkness and the
shadow of death, Bound in affliction and
irons,”
“14 He brought them out of darkness and the
shadow of death, And broke their bonds
in pieces.”
“Here in
Nahum, this promise to break your bands apart indicated that the Lord
would remove the heavy shackles of despair that weighed His people down. As the
Psalmist declared:
1 ¶ «A Song of Ascents.» When the
LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
We were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things
for them.” 3 The LORD has done
great things for us, And
we are glad (Ps. 126:1-3).
“By declaring His intention to destroy Nineveh, the
Lord made it clear that Assyria would afflict Israel no longer. The promise foreshadowed Israel’s
ultimate salvation at the end of the age.
When the Lord Jesus returns, God will not afflict His people in
discipline anymore (Jer. 50:29; 51:56; Obadiah 15) but will rather free Israel
permanently from the yoke of every enemy (cf. Isa. 10:27; Ezek. 34:27).”
(Jer.
50:29; 51:56; Obadiah 15)
“29 Summon the archers against
Babylon. All you who bend the
bow, Camp against her all around; Let her have no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, do to
her; For she has acted proudly against the
LORD, Against the Holy One of
Israel.”
“56 Because the plunderer comes upon her, even
upon Babylon, And her mighty men are
taken. Every one of their bows
are broken; For the LORD is
the God of retribution, He will
surely repay.”
“15 For the day of the LORD is
near For all the nations; As you have done, it will be done to
you; Your deeds will return upon your own
head.”
(cf.
Isa. 10:27; Ezek. 34:27)
“27 And it will come to pass on that day That his burden will be taken away
from off your shoulder, And his yoke
from your neck, And the yoke will
be destroyed because of the anointing oil.”
“27 And the trees of the field will yield
their fruit, and the earth will yield its crops. And they will be safe in their
land, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I have
broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand
of those who served themselves by them.”
“In that
day, Israel will enjoy only the Lord’s blessing. The destruction of Nineveh proved that God
will keep His promises to Israel, both to judge Israel’s enemies and to
preserve His people immediately and ultimately.
The Lord will accomplish His plan precisely as He has ordained it.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today: I know that the things that God has
promised in the Old Testament concerning Israel will come about, for God cannot
lie and His Word is always true, and so that gives me great comfort.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord to continue to work in my
heart and my wife’s heart to give us comfort in these difficult days that we
are living in, “knowing that that all things work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to his
purpose.”
Wisdom
from Dr. Jeremiah: “God’s part is to
protect us by giving us wisdom. Our part
is to want to be protected by seeking It.”
“He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.”
(Proverbs 2:8).
1/5/2026
10:58 AM
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