Title

God’s Word Holds True

Scripture
It shall be a lowest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them...
(Ezekiel 29:15)
Devotional
What God exalts, man cannot diminish, and what God diminishes, man cannot exalt. Egypt was once the greatest and grandest of all kingdoms. Its wealth was immeasurable, its territory vast. Its armies were feared and conquered without resistance. Its glory surpassed that of Rome. Nevertheless, God relegated it to the lowest of kingdoms. Egypt has not risen above this state since its judgment was announced by the God of Israel. Its splendors are mere relics of former glories.
Here we have a testimony of the authority of God’s Word. The prophecies and judgments of God are irrevocable. They are both a warning and a sign of His sovereignty and power. We are never to go against that which God has exalted and never attempt to build that which He has diminished. Of all histories, the history of the Bible is to be heeded above all. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”(1)

(1) Mark 10:31
Thought For The Day
 “I was never out of my Bible.”  John Bunyan, (1628–1688), Author of Pilgrim’s Progress. “I am a man of one Book.”  John Wesley, (1703–1791), Evangelist and founder of Methodism.
 
Questions To Ponder
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  “The judgment of the nations”:  When God judges a nation, no matter how great that nation, His judgment remains: Consider the once greatness of Egypt, Nineveh, Babylon, Sodom and Gomorrah.
 
Referencing: “If that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it,” Jeremiah 18:8.
 
 
Applying: Pray for America, lest she become like those nations that have rejected the one, true God. Remember, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,” Psalm 33:12.
 
Text for the Day
Ezekiel 29:15: “It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them.”