Love God Greatly: To Do Justice, To Love Kindness, To Walk HumblyНамуна

Judgment would come upon Jerusalem because it had become a place where justice was crooked. The rulers, the priests, and the prophets committed all kinds of sin and still, they pretended they were following God's will. They did everything for a profit and for their own benefit but disguised their sin as service to the Lord.

Their disobedience would result in Jerusalem, the Holy City, destroyed. The temple would disappear and the people would be taken into exile. As Lamentations 4:13 says, it would happen because of “the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests.” They couldn't believe the enemy would enter the gates of Jerusalem. They didn't want to believe that God is holy and His covenants with His people depend upon their obedience. 

When something is wrong, we have to take it out from its root. It may be painful, but it‘s the only way to do things right. When gangrene attacks the body, the affected part must be taken out in order to save the whole body. We have to do the same with sin. It must be taken out from its root in order to live a life that pleases God. 

Dear Father, help me see my sin, confess it, and take it out of my life. I don't want to pretend I'm living a holy life, I want to be holy as You are holy. Help me to live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.