Daily Manna Friday January 4, 2019 When Justice is Delayed
KEY VERSE "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts" (PSALM 10:4).Vernon Madison, one of the longest serving inmates on Alabama's death row, was scheduled to be executed on January 26, 2018. But 30 minutes before the scheduled execution, the U.S. supreme court issued a temporary stay. The stay was later granted and Madison's execution called off. Madison, 67, has been on death row for over 30 years after being convicted of killing a mobile police officer.
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There are proud people like the ones described in our text today. They live so wickedly year after year. By the world's definition, they appear successful in business, politics and work. They have perfected their deeds and could avoid being held to account, especially by the equally corrupt system and government under which they operate. The obvious expectation is that they face instant judgement from God but in His mercies, they are allowed to run their course until their cup is full.
Evil doers should understand that no matter how long the game lasts, their day will eventually come. It will be incumbent on them to repent and seek the Lord while His mercies last. Are you at the receiving end of vexatious antics of the wicked? Nevermind, the lamp of the wicked against you shall soon be put out.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY No matter how fast error runs, truth will catch up with it.
COVER TO COVER GENESIS 11-13. PONDER:
The problem with the wicked/sinners
1. Pride in the heart and appearance vv2,4.
2. Boastings and self confidence vv3,6.
3. Cheating and oppression of the poor and the weak vv2,8,9,10.
4. He appreciates and adores the evildoers as being smart v3.
5. He sees seeking God as weakness,waste of time and irrational v4.
6. He is full of cursing, abusive words, deceit, fraud and mischief v7,10.
Q Do you have any of these traits in your life?
Observation The Psalmist did not take law into his hands to destroy the wicked, rather he asked God to come and give appropriate judgement.
HYMN: I dreamed of the great judgment
1. I dreamed that great judgment morning
Had dawn'd, and the trumpet had blown;
I dream'd that the nations had gathered
To judgment before the white throne.
From the throne came a bright shining angel
And stood on the land and the sea,
And swore with his hand rais'd to heaven,
That time was no longer to be.
Chorus:
And O, what a weeping and wailing,
As the lost were told of their fate;
They cried for the rocks and the mountains,
They pray'd, but their pray'r was too late.
2 The rich man was there, but his money
Had melted and vanished away;
A pauper he stood in the judgment,
His debts were too heavy to pay.
The great man was there, but his greatness
When death came was left far behind;
The angel that opened the records,
Not a trace of his greatness could find. [Chorus]
3 The widow was there and the orphans,
God heard and remembered their cries;
No sorrow in heaven forever,
God wiped all the tears from their eyes.
The gambler was there and the drunkard,
And the man who had sold them the drink,
With people who gave him the license--
Together in hell they did sink.
[Chorus]
4 The moral man came to judgment,
But self-righteous rags would not do;
The men who had crucified Jesus
Had passed off as moral men too.
The souls that had put off salvation--
"Not to-night; I'll get saved by and by;
No time now to think of religion!"
At last they had found time to die.
[Chorus]
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Ask God to search out any trace of secret wickedness in your heart and ask Him to purge you.
2. Ask God for a life totally distinct from that of any sinner.
3. Ask God for courage and love to warn and win the wicked to the Lord.
4. Ask God for a conviction of all hidden wickedness and sins among His saints and purge all with His refiner's fire.
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