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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
“Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get
balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.”
“‘We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let
us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the
skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’”
Jeremiah 51:8-9
This ends today’s reading
from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
When you get injured and suffer pain, when you suffer from
some form of affliction, or when you experience emotional brokenness, what do
you yearn for more than anything?
Isn’t it healing?
We all want recovery from the things we are going through.
Recently, my mother broke a bone in her back after a hard
fall. For days and days, the pain was so intense that she couldn’t eat anything
because she would just get sick and lose everything she had eaten. She then not
only dealt with pain but the weakness that came from not being able to eat. We
prayed and prayed for healing, for the broken bone to begin to mend, for the
pain to subside, and for her nausea to depart so she would have an appetite to
eat again.
Thankfully, our prayers have been answered and each day, she
recovers a little more as the Lord, our Great Physician, heals her from the
inside out.
My mother was fortunate. Healing happened for her. But what
if a person or people found themselves in a position where healing was not
going to be possible. Can you imagine how hard that might be, to live with no
hope of recovery?
As we see in today’s scripture passage from Jeremiah 51,
part of the judgment God would place on the Babylonians involved the removal of
their healing. Look again at these words:
“Babylon will
suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she
can be healed.”
“‘We would have
healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our
own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the
heavens.’” Jeremiah
51:8-9
The mighty Babylonian empire was about to fall and there was
nothing anyone could do to stop it. Such is what happens when anybody chooses
to oppose God. He will triumph every single time, no matter how powerful an
entity might become in the world.
And in the case of the Babylonians, their punishment went
beyond just being destroyed. For they would not recover from the annihilation
God was bringing. Babylon would never be healed.
This would be evident to Babylon but it would also be clear
to other nations who might want to come to assist. For look again at the words
of those who may have wanted to help:
“‘We would have
healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our
own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the
heavens.’”
The judgment of Babylon was more than anyone on earth could
handle. This is because the judgment came with a power that was not of the
earth but rather the heavens where the Lord God Almighty rules with full
authority over His creation. The once seemingly insurmountable empire would be
reduced to ruins and would remain that way.
It was the ultimate bad news.
So how in the world could we ever glean anything positive
out of this today? How can we possibly glean good news from the bad?
Well believe it or not, there is a powerful takeaway for us
all.
For in the midst of a life situation where none of us can be
healed because of our sinfulness, God, not wishing for any of us to perish,
sent His one and only Son Jesus to pay the penalty for our sins and offer us
the opportunity to experience healing, not just in the here and now but
forever. Thus, there is one way to true healing and that way is through placing
your faith and trust in Jesus as Savior. For when we do, the words of the
scriptures come to life:
He was pierced for
our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
Have you found your way to true healing today?
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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