Daily Devotion and Meditation on the Word of God on February 4, 2009.

Hello My Friend; Good day.

Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 50. Babylon the Great world power used its power to subdue all the nations in the then known world. After it serves God's purpose in bringing God's judgment on Judah, Babylon had to wait its own turn of judgment. Babylon itself was an evil empire. The modern name for Babylon is Iraq. We are told that Saddam Hussein had the ambition of regaining the ancient glories of Babylon , thereby acting like the Nebuchadnezzar of old. No wonder the former President Bush described Iraq among the "axis of evil". Babylon was destroyed by the Medo-Persia empire in 539 B.C. We shall see this in our next reading. In verses 17-20, we note that God would not allow Babylon to escape punishment for her own sins: "Therefore the Lord God of Israel says, Now I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria."(verse 18). Again in 34b God says, "As for the people of Babylon, there is no rest for them." The city shall become home for the ostriches and jackals; wild animals of the desert. Babylon shall be destroyed as Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns. Look at verse 45, the plan of the Lord for the wicked empire of Babylon: "For even little children shall be dragged away as slaves; oh, the horror; oh the horror."

My Friend, no sin or sinner can escape God's scrutinizing eyes. What goes around comes around. When Israel and Judah had their judgment and punishment from God, other nations rejoiced, not realizing that their turn was coming. Instead of repentance, they indulged in more sin. We are here to tell you nations and individuals to repent and have your sins wiped out by the blood of the Son of God. This is true proposal and no fairy tell. God is real and does punish sin. He also is magnanimous and compassionate. Hallelujah. Amen.

Prayer for today: God of mercy, God of love. Take your eyes off our sins and look on our Blessed Redeemer on the cross and pardon our sins for His sake. Amen.

Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.