MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/17/2026
9:38 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: “A
Certain Judgment”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: “Nahum
3:18-19”
Message of the verses: “18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria;
your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to
gather them. 19 There is no easing your
hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands
over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?” (ESV)
In this morning’s SD I begin to look at the last two
verses in the book of Nahum, and as I normally do I will quote this
introduction from John MacArthur’s commentary.
Also in this introduction I will pick and choose as to which verses that
I will be quoting from the verses that are referenced in MacArthur’s
commentary.
“The wicked assume they will never
face God’s judgment. Describing the
mindset of such a person, the psalmist wrote, ‘He says in his heart, ‘God
has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it’’ (Ps. 10:11). The unbelieving fool thinks he can avoid
divine accountability, saying to God, ‘You will not require it’
(10:13). Those who practice evil
also insist that the Lord will never return to this world in judgment, stating,
‘Where is the promise of His coming?
For since the fathers fall asleep, all continues just as it was from the
beginning of creation’ (2 Peter 3:4; cf. Isaiah 5:19).”
Isaiah
5:19 “19 who say: "Let him be
quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy
One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!"”
“But as
Peter explained, while God may delay His wrath in keeping with His patience,
the full fury of His judgment will certainly come. When it does, the result will be the ‘destruction
of ungodly men’ (2 Peter 3:7). Though
the wicked mock the Lord in their unbelief, they will ultimately be put to everlasting
shame (cf. Ps. 2:4).”
Psalm
2:4 “4 He who sits in the heavens
laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.”
“In pronouncing the prophecy of Nineveh’s destruction,
Nahum confronted the arrogant presumption of an empire that denied the reality
of divine judgment. The Assyrians
believed they were immune to the wrath of God.
But Nahum declared that their judgment was inevitable (Nahum 3:8-13),
inescapable (3:14-17), and irreversible (3:18-19). To prove this point, the prophet pointed to
the then recent destruction of Thebes, a city much like Nineveh. If God could destroy Thebes, He could also
destroy the capital of Assyria. Though Nahum’s prophecy against
Nineveh was fulfilled many centuries ago, it serves as a timeless reminder that
no unrepentant sinner is exempt from the holy judgment of God.”
Now that is the entire introduction
to these two last verses in the book of Nahum, and so in tomorrow morning’s SD,
Lord willing, I will begin to look at the first sub-point in these last two verses
in Nahum.
Spiritual Meaning for my Life
Today: As I look at this
introduction I think about the highlighted portion from above, and what it
makes me think about is that it is my prayer that as I write these Spiritual
Diaries each day that the Holy Spirit of God will use them in order to convict
unbelievers who read them of the necessity of salvation, salvation that can
only come through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as He died for
sinners on the cross.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I am trusting the Lord to help me prepare
for the Sunday school lesson that I am to give this coming Sunday Morning. I am trusting the Lord for His perfect will
to be done for my wife as she continues to allow the doctors to give her chemo
every three weeks.
From the pen
of David Jeremiah who quotes Billy Graham:
“Knowledge is horizontal. Wisdom
is vertical—It comes down from above.” (Billy Graham)
“If
any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of
God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to
him.” (James 1:5)
2/17/2026
10:06 AM
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