Genesis 47-48; Ps. 10; Luke 19

“Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” Luke 19:41-44

For those who think God is full of glee when a nation is judged need to read this passage. Jesus wept over a city that had rejected him over and over again. They had been the most blessed people because God had chosen them to reveal himself to the world. Now however their iniquity was going to come upon them. He said “if you had known.” It wasn’t that the information wasn’t available, it was shouted on the roof tops, they had seen the miracles and the signs and the fulfilled prophesies but refused to accept them and He could not protect them any longer and the consequences of their sin will play out in national devastation. Jesus said, “because you did not know the time of your visitation.” I never want to miss it when God is visiting. It isn’t easy to miss it if our heart desires God. If you stop for a moment you might hear him speak to your heart right this moment. He is visiting you.

Pastor Rick

Next reading: Genesis 49-50; Ps.8; Luke 20