DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE LORD IS GOOD

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – THE LORD IS GOOD 

"The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who trust Him.  But with an overflowing flood, He will make an utter end of its place, and darkness will pursue His enemies."  (Nahum 1:7-8)

The prophet Nahum had a burden against Nineveh that weighed on his soul.   It was not just because he saw the evil in Nineveh, but it was a burden that God had placed on him.  As verse 2 says, God is jealous and the LORD avenges.  He takes vengeance on His adversaries.  

Remember that Nineveh had received a message from Jonah about a century earlier that declared that Nineveh was going to be conquered.  The nation repented and "God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them" (Jonah 3:10).  But as often happens over time, nations and people tend to go back to their old ways, and now Nineveh is corrupt again and deserving of God's judgment.

The LORD is good. He knows those who belong to Him, and is gracious, kind, merciful, patient, and longsuffering to those who by faith put their trust in Him and serve Him.  But He is a God of wrath who will, with an overflowing flood, take vengeance on His enemies. Because He is good, He sent His Son to this world to save us from His wrath.  Thank God for Christmas.

What a joy to know that God knows those who trust Him and will not send His wrath upon them.  We do not face God's wrath on sin because of our  trust in the Lord Jesus.  In whatever judgment God sends on the ungodly around us, He is our stronghold in the day of trouble, and we can rest in Him.  I echo the words of the Psalmist: "I will say of the LORD, 'He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust' " (Psalm 91:2).

Love, Dad

MERRY CHRISTMAS