all the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?' Then people will say, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.'
While this was written to the nation of Israel, a theocracy, as they turned from obedience to the Word to follow other gods, it must serve as a warning to the Church in this day. The gods of the modern, Western Church are legion; often making it difficult to distinguish between the Church and their secular neighbors. Should we not quake at the thought of arousing the anger and fury and great wrath of the LORD, God the Almighty. It is time to be on our knees in repentance and remorse.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 47
Mid-day: 119:49-56
Evening: Psalm 123
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