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Today we dropped in on the book of lamentations. No one knows who wrote this book, but most people throughout history have connected IT to the major prophet jemma. It's a book of poetry written as a element over the destruction of jerusalem m and the babo ian exile.
So who Better to offer up that cna book than someone known as the weeping profit? Not only is juice em destruction the worst thing that has ever happened to the people of israel by far, but cheerier himself has been years warring them about IT while suffering the consequences of their unwillingness to listen. Chapter one focuses on the destruction of the city of jerusalem, A K, A sign the once thriving capital of juda has been emptied out.
Her enemy's rule over her former inhabitants. They've lost everything all a long god has been asking them to remember, and now they finally do, but they don't remember him. They remember the things they used to have and the piece they used to experience for seven, says jerusalem, our members, in the days of her affliction and wondering all the precious things that were heard from days of old, not only did jerusalem forget what god has done in their past, but they also forget what god has promised for their future.
Any time we choose sin, we failed to consider the future. Sin occurs when we live so much in the present that we forget about the eternal kingdom. Sin is short sited.
The israel ets are living in nostalgia for a time when the'd been disobedient to god. They longing for the days when things were easier for them. But if you were call, those were days when they were sacrificing their children and worshipping idols at the high places.
This is not exactly righteous morning. There is a way to grieve and mourn to the glory of god. But so far, in lemon taken, this isn't IT.
The author goes on to express all the ways gud has directed this destruction. Chapter one tells us that god afflicted them. He inflicted sorrow, he sent fire.
He thought their efforts, he weakened them and handed them over to their enemies. And it's true. They're not wrongly blaming god. God has been telling him all along that he would do these things, that they didn't repent.
And the author shows us that dude have finally owns their role in this IT says, the lord is in the right, where I have rebelled against his word. Not only does this first reminder that god is just, but IT also makes the troops adversus twelve to sixteen bearable. In adverse twenty IT sounds like jerusalem truly repent.
IT says, my heart is wrong within me because I have been very rebellious. They more and energy eve their actions, not just the consequences. Meanwhile, their enemies gloat over what's happening to them.
In chapter two, we get a second poem about the fall and destruction of juristic. m. IT points out ways that their relationship with god has been affected by this disaster.
First five says the lord has become like an enemy, like an enemy. He's not an enemy. But IT certainly deals like IT to them, but they know that his actions were justified.
He was enacting a necessary discipline for their sins. The consequences of this discipline reached further than just the destruction of their home. In addition to that, god himself seems to go radio silent.
The profits have no visions, are words from the lord. The elders sit on the ground in silence. When I ve been through emotionally chAllenging situations, sometimes the only peace I can access is the nearness of god in the comfort, his word.
If I didn't have that, I would absolutely despair, actually experience that once, and IT correct me, the silence of god is devastating, and IT exacerbates the pain of the trials. If you're in that space right now and you feel alone, you're not alone. God is drawing near to you.
Even as you fix your eyes on these pages, the time of your trial does have an end. Okay, back to judo. They know this is all part of god's plan.
First seventeen says the lord has done what he purposed. He has Carried out his word, which he commanded long ago. Maybe they're finally remembering that this is what he's been warning them about.
This is not some major reaction to their sin. God hasn't lost his temper in the midst of judd's worst tragedy. I love that we're reminded that god is patient and methodical. We aren't walking on egg ells around him. He isn't voluable or unpredictable in that way, my god, ja was the very existence of this book in structure.
What does IT reveal to us about god that he included this book for us? I believe IT shows us that he is a god who can not only handle our feelings and emotions, but also values them and wants to engage with us on that level. Chapter two, first nineteen, says, IT like this, pour out your heart like water before the presence of the lord.
These poems contain a lot of feelings and frustrations, and the author pours IT out unguarded before the lord god receives in values our emotions, even when they're the result of our sins. He wants us to talk with him about what we're feeling. We've seen all along how he's after our hearts.
He doesn't just want a one dimensional, glossy love. He engages with the good, the bad and the ugly in our hearts. How else can he work with us on those levels? If we keep the ugly emotions back from him, who will speak truth to our struggles? If we keep them in the dark, throw some light on IT talk to him about IT. He will meet you there, and he is where the joy is.
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