REWARD FOR BLASPHEMY: Devotion for Thursday April 28, 2016

REWARD FOR BLASPHEMY: Devotion for Thursday April 28, 2016                                             

Text: 2 Kings 19:35 – 37    Memory verse: v 37

This was the just judgment of God for Sennacherib’s blasphemy, that he would be slain before the idol that he preferred to the living God, and by those who should by nature have needed his defence; a reward for blasphemy against God of Israel. According to Adam Clarke, there was a story that “He consulted his wise men how it was that such miracles should be wrought for the Israelites; who told him that it was because of the merit of Abraham who had offered his only son to God: he then said, I will offer to him my two sons; which when they heard, they rose up and slew him.” What a tragedy for a man who had boasted and blasphemed that God of Israel cannot save His people from his hands. God is no respecter of man because whatever position you hold today, He gave to you. Remember how He humbled Nebuchadnezzar.

From our bible text, it is obvious that no one contends with his Maker (Isa. 45:9). God is not a man. He deserves our reverence. We should hold Him in awe because He is a consuming fire. Whatever He says, He performs. One lesson we should learn here is that what God has said about dying in sin will surely come to pass. We shouldn’t discard them with wave of hand. God has reward for every sin. Repent of your sin today before it will be too late.

Food for Thought: "And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder" – Matthew 21:44

Prayer: May I never contend with you, O Lord, my God, because it will mean death.