August 26, 2019: SOAP #3553:  Jeremiah 50-51; 3John

Scripture:  Jeremiah (NIV) 51:14 The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you [Babylon] with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you. 15 “He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. 16 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Observation:  Assyria was the dominant power and had been the means of God’s judgment on the Northern nation of Israel.  Assyria was terribly wicked, and God used Babylon to overthrow Assyria.  Then Babylon became God’s hand of judgment on Judah, the southern tribes that had turned from God.  But Babylon was an ungodly nation and full of wickedness.

Jeremiah prophesied the fall of Babylon.  How could that be, they were the strongest nation in the world.  They were strong enough to overcome Assyria, but they were not strong enough to overcome God!  They ruled the known world; but God created the world!  God’s power, and wisdom, and understanding enabled Him to create the universe.

Application:  Considering thunder and lightning, rain and wind, my God is more than able to fulfill His promises to me!  I ponder His wisdom in cycling moisture from the ocean to the clouds with evaporation, and then returning the moisture to the earth through rain and to the oceans in the streams and rivers.  What a Creator!  What a God!

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, your power and wisdom are so wonderfully displayed in creation.  Your faithfulness insures the reliability of your promises. Amen

Pastor Leon
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