The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. Jeremiah 47:1 – In our chapter we are seeing the Lord speak against the Philistines, and the words He speaks were heavy. Terror like never before would reach their cities and the sword of the Lord wouldn’t be sheathed until there was a complete end to this sinful nation. I wonder how so many of the characters from earlier in the Old Testament would have loved to have heard such prophesies being spoken about the Philistines. For the Philistines had been an enemy of Israel from ancient times. Samson, a judge of Israel, fought mightily against them. Saul, the first king of Israel, had them as his primary foe. Let us not forget the most famous Philistine Goliath who David killed. This nation who plagued God’s people for so long is now receiving prophecies of their destruction. See through this prophecy that those who come against God’s people never get off the hook. Yes, maybe the repercussions of their actions aren’t as swift as we’d like to see, but they do come. For Samson and David lived long before Jeremiah and never would have seen the unfolding of this prophecy, but regardless the sin of the Philistines was addressed by the Lord. Know God sees the sin done against you and He sees the ones who committed it, and sin never goes without consequences. Maybe the repercussions of their sin will be felt soon, maybe years from now, or maybe only in the afterlife, but they will be felt. Let’s though be the bigger ones and pray that they choose to turn to Jesus before having to deal with their sin in the afterlife. Trust Jesus to deal with the injustices done towards you, yet pray even for the ones committing the injustices to find rightness with God. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3277
Question To Ponder: Why should be pray for those hurting us to find Jesus?
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