Day 211 - (Today’s Bible readings: Jeremiah 46; Psalm 28; Acts 27:39-44)
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW EVIL?
“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.
Link to St. Paul’s 9 am online Sunday Worship Service:
IN CHURCH SUNDAY SERVICE and Parking Lot Worship Service 9 am
both with Holy Communion
IN CHURCH WEDNESDAY SERVICE 7 pm with Holy Communion
Youtube link to all previously recorded services:
Pastor David Paape
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105 ), is the theme for this three-year journey through the entire Old Testament once (the Psalms - twice yearly), and the New Testament twice. There will be daily readings from the O.T., Psalms and the N.T. Special days on the church calendar will be highlighted with appropriate readings. This calendar has been compiled by representatives of the Lutheran Church of Canada, the North American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Please click this link for the daily reading calendar:
Then scroll down to 2020 Bible Reading Calendar and download it if you so wish. The “assigned” daily readings will appear on a daily basis in this blog. May the Lord bless your meditation upon His precious life-giving Word!
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