DCLM Daily Manna, Wednesday February 3, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi - Lamentation of the Wicked

Topic: Lamentation of the Wicked [Wednesday February 3, 2016]

Text: Lamentation 1:12-22

Key Verse: "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger" (Lamentation 1:12).

Nobody can explain the gravity of sin better than the person who has experienced the wrath of God. This is an experience the inhabitants of Zion would not like to remember. From our text, they lamented over their suffering. They were in pain and sorrow, resulting from their sins.

Their sorrow was so great that they were even astonished. They were not only weak and weary, but also became an easy prey for their enemies. Unable to bear the weight of their misery any longer, they cried out in desperation to a traveller, who walked the busy trade routes near Jerusalem, "Is it nothing to you? Do you not care what has happened to me? Have you no sympathy to offer me?" They challenged these passers-by to name one city which had suffered what they had gone through. They apparently felt that their suffering was unparalleled.

They knew, ab initio (from the beginning), that it was God, who administered the painful and fatal stroke to them. But they acknowledged that it was due to their sins, pointing out that God, at the appointed time, convoked a solemn assembly of foreign powers to destroy them. Their mighty men, including youths, were cast into the winepress of God's wrath, while their undefiled ladies were trampled upon.

They could not blame God for their situation, as they admitted that they were justly punished. In prayer-like fashion, they called upon the neighboring people to hear their wail and behold their sorrow. There are always reasons for mishaps that came to man. Most of these are always self-inflicted. Let not the wicked and impenitent think they can escape the wrath of God, even if it is delayed. Repent of your wickedness and impiety, and find solace in Christ.

Thought for the day: The reward of iniquity forever awaits the impenitent.

Bible Reading in one Year: Matthew 12 – 13

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.