(Lamentations 2:11)
My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within,my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Jeremiah’s tears were sincere and full of compassion. Sorrow does not mean that we lack faith or strength. There is nothing wrong with crying – Jesus himself felt sorrow and even wept (John 11:35). How do we react to the tearing down of our society and to moral degradation? This may not be as obvious as an invading enemy army, but the destruction is just as certain. We too should be deeply moved when we see the moral decay that surrounds us.
Reflection
What do the people around you think when prominent ministers or ministries fail? Is God’s reputation tarnished, or polished when such ministries are put through the fire? Or is God’s reputation separate from the reputation of men and their institutions? How should we react when Christianity receives such “bad press”?
| Habakkuk 3:19“The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.”
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Quote of the day:
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. – Laurence J. Peter
