Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Today's Thought: Do not resist the power of God; those who are for Him are always victorious.


Isaiah 45:9 could be heard ringing with these words "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!" One cannot fight against God and expects to win. He or she is just bound to lose and destruction. This is what happened to the pharaoh of Egypt who resisted the word of the Lord as spoken by Moses. The pharaoh even asked "Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go."

Yet, several Christians today are also bent on raising their will against the Lord, affronting the power and authority of God over their lives. They have clearly forgotten the truth of the Word of God - those who fought against God were destroyed, and utterly consumed. Nobody can stand before the might of God, even His voice roars the earth.

If you are fighting against God, consider your ways. You cannot strive against the King of kings. You can only ask favor from Him and He will bless you. Ask for God's grace and forgiveness in your life and do not wait for the fury of God to be poured on you.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Today's Thought: Turning away from the Lord costs too much more than one can bear.


"Among the signs of backsliding are indifference to prayer and self-examination; trifling or unprofitable conversation; neglect of public worship; shunning the people of God; association with the world; thinking lightly of sin; neglect of the Bible; and often gross immorality." This how the old minister of times Charles Buck described the way of turning away from the Lord. It does not happen in an instant, it is a process. If you have these symptoms, you should be alarmed. Ask the Great Physician for healing.

Otherwise, when we turn our backs from following the Lord to serving other gods, the sure wrath of God is ready to consume us. The cost of turning away from the Lord is too much. Deuteronomy 29:18 talks about a man, a woman, a family and a tribe whose heart is turning away from Him. And when they turn away from God, even if they do understand the curse coming their way, they still think that they have peace (Deut. 29:19). And of all a sudden, the anger of the Lord is poured upon that man, woman, family or tribe. Add to that, the curse on a man, woman, family or tribe was also extended to the entire land, that other nations asked "what had been done by the Lord to this land?"

Before we turn our back from the Lord, let us remember that cost of backsliding. It will cause pain to our family, our church, our future children and so on. Much more, it will consume us to the very end. Let us always desire to seek God and Him alone. If we have the signs of backsliding, let us seek God's healing and let us not wait for the wrath of God. God's grace is always enough.

1 Timothy 6:12–14

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Today's Thought: Living the eternal life God has given us.

While we do have the gift of eternal life, there are several people who do not live accordingly. Evangelist H.A. Ironside said: "Eternal life is the present portion of all believers. What does the Apostle mean, then, when he says, ‘Lay hold on eternal life’? It is an exhortation to make it a practical thing as we go through this scene. It is quite possible to trust in Christ and thus to have eternal life in the soul, and yet to drop down to a low spiritual level where one is not living in the reality of eternal life."

Living faith is a gift we received from the bank of God's amazing grace. And because we already have the gift of eternal life, we should live as such. We must be on our fighting stance against sin and fight a good fight of faith as Paul exhorted Timothy.

Salvation is a free gift that we received from the Lord, anot because of our own efforts and merits. But as a result of salvation, we must live as new creatures in Christ. We must be obedient to the all of our Father in heaven to His purpose and will. Our Christian service is here and now. It should not be something we put on hold and set aside for heaven. We must fight a good fight of faith now.

Psalm78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 

Today's Thought: God is of tender mercies and slow to wrath, but do not provoke him to anger.



One of God's attribute is his longsuffering and slow to wrath. Because God is a God of compassion and mercies, He is also patient and slow to wrath. A forgiving God who always provides chances to His children. In fact, it is because of His tender mercies and His unfailing compassion that we are not consumed.

However, let us not tempt the Lord and provoke Him to anger. The nation of Israel had been provided by the Lord with manna during the wilderness journey. They saw the wondrous things God did - the crossing of the Red Sea, the pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, water gushing from stones, and even the wonderful provisions. God recounted all the good things He did for His people, but God also lamented how they provoked Him to anger.

When we provoke God to anger by forgetting His commandments and serving other gods - physical or abstract - in our hearts, do we expect to stand before the wrath of God? After they provoked God to anger, "the fire consumed their young men."

Lamentations 3:39

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 

Today's Thought: As much as we sinned against the Lord, let us be ready for the spanking.


The greatest problem of most Christians is the inability to know when God sends His trials and when He punishes us for our sins. Even if we are already rebuked by the Lord, we always say we are tested by God and we shall come forth as gold. It is a tragedy of self righteousness that God prolongs the punishment we are in.

When we are sinning against God, let us expect for the punishments of God as well. And when we are punished, the right response is to accept our shortcoming and ask God for mercy, rather than complain for what God has put us into because of our hardheadedness. It will not do us good, but only the acknowledgement of our sins and the forgiveness of God can put us through.

Even more, when we are punished and acknowledged our sins, let us remember that while God causes us pain in our punishment, the compassion and mercies of God are always enough.