“Why does the way of the wicked prosper?” (Jeremiah 12:1b ESV)
“Jeremiah struggles to understand how a righteous God can tolerate the wicked and even allow them to prosper. Often we are unable to understand God’s justice or reconcile God’s providence with the evil we experience. (We wonder what has happened to our ‘Christian’ nation.)
We do not see the big picture, and our own sense of right and wrong gets terribly twisted by sin. Yet take heart, God continually works in the world for justice and for the salvation of people, something He guarantees by the cross of Christ.” (The Lutheran Study Bible, Concordia Publishing House, 2009, page 1228)
Jesus, lead Thou on till our rest is won;
And although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless.
Guide us by Thy hand to our fatherland.
(Lutheran Service Book, CPH, 2006, #718)
Teach us to be patient, Lord, when we do not understand ‘why.’ Protect us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. In Jesus’ saving name. Amen.
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Reading Plan Bible upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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