FORTRESSES WILL FALL
Today's reading: Nahum

"And you, Ninevah, will also stagger like a drunkard. You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy. All your fortresses will fall. They will be devoured like ripe figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the trees. Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned." Nahum 3:11-13 NLT

What exactly did God have against Ninevah?

Well, they were violent people. They were the epitome of cruel. Their practices against enemy countries were atrocious.

 And? And, they worshiped idols.

Oh, God had given them plenty of opportunity to turn to Him. He had sent Jonah. He had sent Nahum. He had allowed prophets to speak truth into their culture and country. 

All to no avail.

So wrath was coming.

All they had depended upon was about to crumble.

Their tactics were about to fail miserably. Their strength was about to be sapped.

They were now standing against the Lord, against whom they had sinned, and they would not be left unscathed.

Idols and false gods lead us all into thinking this 'moment' will never come. They lull us into a false sense of security. They encourage us to continue trusting them as they start circling the drain. Depending on anything or anyone other the Lord will leave us high and dry at some point in our lives.

It's a good time, using the backdrop of Ninevah, to consider what we are leaning on. Where we are attempting to gain our strength. How far we are from where God desires we be.

Don't be a Ninevah.