God’s response to sin is not without grace. God is “slow to anger” and “cares for those who trust in him," however a world where evil isn’t confronted would be a terrible one!

 

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. 

Nahum 1:3

God’s response to sin is not without grace. God  is “slow to anger” and “cares for those who trust in him," however a world where evil isn’t confronted would be a terrible one! I like how the above Bible verse says, "the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished." We need to remember this, God will make it all right. His wrath will happen and does today. Things have a way of catching up to people when they do bad things, many do get caught or have to pay the price for their lies, fraud, deceit, corruption, etc. Today we are finally having a lot being revealed, by the evil elected, government gangsters, and powers that be, their getting caught, it is all being exposed. Unfortunately, today we see a lot of media being complicit covering for the bad apples, not getting the real news out about the corruption and fraud, they cover for the bad guys who take millions from other countries or gold bars from Egypt. It is sad to see, but we must leave it up to God, put it all in His hands, and pray a lot. Know that not all people are bad like so many we see in government and our elected today. 

Today Our Daily Bread Prayer spoke about all of this and said, "English Romantic painter John Martin (1789–1854) is known for his apocalyptic landscapes depicting the destruction of civilizations. In these fantastic scenes, humans are overwhelmed by the magnitude of the destruction and powerless against the approaching doom. One painting, The Fall of Nineveh, depicts people fleeing the coming destruction of mounting waves under dark rolling clouds.  More than two thousand years before Martin’s painting, the prophet Nahum prophesied against Nineveh foretelling its judgment. The prophet used images of mountains quaking, hills melting, and the earth trembling (Nahum 1:5) to symbolize God’s wrath on those who’d oppressed others for their own gain. However, God’s response to sin is not without grace. While Nahum reminds his listeners of God’s power, he notes that He is “slow to anger” (v. 3) and “cares for those who trust in him” (v. 7). Descriptions of judgment are hard to read, but a world where evil isn’t confronted would be a terrible one. Thankfully the prophet doesn’t end on that note. He reminds us that God desires a good and just world: “Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace!” (v. 15). That good news is Jesus, who suffered the consequences of sin so we can have peace with God (Romans 5:1, 6)."

We need to leave the judgement up to God. All is slowly being revealed, as promised in Revelation. We are seeing it daily, the truth being revealed, the lies being exposed, the greed, the corruption, the fraud, it is all coming out, while the media does not always show this, if you watch the news with integrity, you can hear the truth, the revealing of all, we need to pray a a society, we need to put our trust in the Lord, evil does need to be confronted, if it was not it would be terrible, but God is good, it is all being revealed. We need to be joyful in the Lord, put all our trust in Him, know that Jesus is the just judge, He will always show mercy and grace!