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Nahum 2:2
“The Lord will restore the splendour of Jacob like the splendour of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.”
This is the ‘Good News’.
It starts, “Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings ‘Good News’, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, and fulfil your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed” (1:15).
It was ‘Good News’ for Judah and Israel and it is also ‘Good News’ for us. It proclaimed the day when the people would no longer be dominated by or terrified by the wicked Assyrians. Rather, the rest of the chapter graphically describes the full force of Assyria’s devastation.
Yes, Assyria had ravaged Israel and Judah, but the Lord was the One who had allowed it. It was not for the Assyrians to become arrogant and feel that it was their right to do just what they liked because of who they were. God was not exonerating their wickedness – far from it. They had been used as a purging reminder to His people to return to Him, but that did not give them licence to treat Israel and Judah indiscriminately.
Jesus reminds us, “Don’t judge, or you too will be judged. For the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1-2). Nineveh and the Assyrians thought they had ‘open slather’ to do what they liked with Israel and Judah. But not so - God was watching.
How important our attitudes and actions are. Even if we ‘beat’ our opposition, we are not to gloat and force that victory home by inappropriateness, selfish ambition, or arrogance.
On the Day of Judgement, we shall stand and give account for all our idle words (Matthew 12:36). God watches all we do and we are accountable for it, Christians as well as unsaved. Yes, even as Christians we are not exempt.
But the ‘Good News’ for those of us who are being discouraged, suffering condemnation and ‘attacked’ by ‘circumstances’ and ‘enemy action’ – the Promise of God for you and me is this – “The Lord will restore the splendour of Jacob … though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.”
Listen, God will restore your self-worth, your self-esteem and your security. He will deliver. He is watching. He knows all you are going through and will reveal Himself to you again.
More than that – He will restore the vines. He will restore to you the Joy of the Lord and the Joy of your Salvation. Hold on – no matter how strong the enemy – how desperate your circumstances – how unlikely your real joy will be to return – how impossible it is to realise the dream, vision or promise God has given you –
Make sure that you keep your eyes on Jesus. Hold on to Him and His Word and wait.
Our God is mightier. He is all mighty and will come to your aid and will restore your “splendour.”
The best is yet to come. That’s a promise.
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