NAHUM 1
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
FOUR TRUTHS ABOUT GOD THAT SHOULD BRING US COMFORT
Nineveh and Assyria, were the top regional powers at that time and Nahum was called to prophesy against them, but he was much more than a bringer of doom and gloom, his name means comfort and his prophesy about the end of these two godless powers, was to bring great comfort to Judah.
Now you probably wont find many devotions on the book of Nahum, these are the clean pages of the bible, but this verse is so wonderful.
It teaches us four truths:
God is good, don’t we know it. Every day he showers us with blessings
Psalm 68
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
His goodness is so amazing, we need to realise how good God truly is.
Secondly, he is our stronghold, whenever we are in trouble, we can run to him.
Psalm 18, puts it beautifully
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Whenever we are in trouble, our Lord is there, he has placed the comforter, the Holy Spirit in our hearts.
Thirdly, He knows us, Psalm 139 tells us, he knows us from head to toe and not only that his knows us as his children.
What a wonderful thing to be called a child of the king of kings, I think that this is the greatest privilege in the world. Do you agree?
Lastly, we can trust in him, why because he is absolutely and totally trustworthy.
God is and always will be faithful to us, we are often faithless, but he abideth faithful.
2 Timothy 2
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Psalm 119
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
These and other wonderful truths about God, should bring us great comfort.
Nahum was called comfort.
May these amazing truths, bring you and I great comfort.
God bless you
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