DAY 224 OR AUGUST 12.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE CLAUSE.
Our thoughts today come from Jeremiah chapter 48 verse 44.
Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit.
Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare.
For I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment, declares the Lord.
The big picture surrounding this verse.
God is the God of the Israelites and of every other nation too.
That's true for ancient times and for the twenty-first century.
Jeremiah has much to say to the surrounding pagan nations, and they will reject it at
their peril.
Many of these nations prove to be very powerful and feared by other countries, but significantly
have all since disappeared.
God reminds them through Jeremiah that ultimately He is in control.
There is no escaping His judgment, so just live with it.
That's not to say God is merely a master puppeteer and pulls our strings whenever He chooses,
but He has a supreme plan which is for the benefit of all and which He longs for His
followers to establish here on earth.
And now today's action step.
There are many times when we want to run away from God or deny His sovereignty over our
lives, never mind over the whole world.
Just like Jonah the prophet, who did his best to escape from God's influence in his life,
but failed to do so because in the end he did what God wanted, as it seemed the right
thing to do.
Sadly, Jonah continued to doubt and question right to the end.
The prophet Amos said something similar when he declared,
It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered
his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
Amos 5, verse 19.
Throughout history there have been examples of nations and individuals who were convinced
they could out think God.
They all failed.
I find this concept very invigorating.
Fancy having a personal God who knows the beginning from the end and wants to involve
you and me.
We would be foolish to kick against Him, so stop it.
Now!