``For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion, `How are we ruined! We are put to great shame, For we have left the land, Because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
``Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water. Thus says the LORD of hosts, ``Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come And send for the wailing women, that they may come! ``I will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them." Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ``behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. The LORD said, ``Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,īut have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them," Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? ``I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt of jackals And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant." ``For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled they are gone. ``On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself? ``Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. ``Their tongue is a deadly arrow It speaks deceit With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him. Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, ``Behold, I will refine them and assay them For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people? ``Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. ``Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies They weary themselves committing iniquity. ``Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother Because every brother deals craftily, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. ``They bend their tongue like their bow Lies and not truth prevail in the land For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the LORD. Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Charles stanley devotional for today full#
When your heart is full of praise, worries dissipate and you’ll trust God to provide for your needs in His own timing. Instead of approaching the Lord with a list of requests, simply praise Him for His faithfulness and righteousness.
Take some time today to reflect on God’s mighty work of salvation in your life. And we even see Paul and Silas praising God in the midst of pain and imprisonment (Acts 16:25). Then we’ll begin to recall His greatness, goodness, mercy, love, and faithfulness.
When we extol the Lord, our focus shifts to Him. Our worries and concerns are of great importance to Him, but He also wants us to come to Him with a worshipful heart, not an attitude of self-centeredness. In 1 Peter 2:9 it says God created His people to praise Him. When that’s the case, they may be attempting to use the Lord to fulfill their needs and desires without demonstrating love for Him. Have you ever considered how you treat the Lord? Some people repeatedly lift up prayer requests yet fail to express admiration, praise, and gratitude.
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