Scripture
7 "Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?" asks the Lord.
"I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete
and led the Arameans out of Kir.
8 "I, the Sovereign Lord,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,"
says the Lord.
Observations
- As passionately as God pursues in love He is going to pursue in judgment
- God commands the sword
- The LORD is his name!
- God favor should not lead to lack of faith
- It should produce more faith
Applications
- Meditate on God's attributes of love and wrath
- Take comfort in knowing that God will not use one to override the other
- The LORD is Lord of all or not at all. Don't take Lordship lightly.
- Turn God's favor into more faith
Prayer
Lord, I bask in your attributes of love and wrath. Only You can perfectly balance those to bring about Your plan. Thank You God for not destroying the family though you shake the nations. I'm blessed so I can bless. May Your favor to me today turn into more faith not comfort and complacency.
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