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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Weep for Jerusalem!
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. You kill with
rocks those men that God sent to you. Many, many times I
wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people
together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But
you did not let me. Now your house will be left completely
empty. I tell you, you will not see me again until that time
when you will say, 'Welcome! God bless the one that comes in
the name of the Lord.'"
-- Matthew 23:37-39 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Cities have always made a key impact on the heart of God. They are
places of crime and evil, but they are also places of people with great
need. They are places of power and government and they are places of
family and friends. But Jerusalem was special. It was the place of
God's dwelling, the Temple. It was the city of sojourn, where
Israelites came from all over the world on pilgrimages. Jerusalem was
also the city of rejection when it refused Jesus. Jesus knows this
means Jerusalem is headed for destruction. Her people have not just
rejected him, they have rejected hope, promise, and future. Jesus will
die outside the city of Jerusalem, rejected by every level of religious
and civil authority. Jerusalem will claim no other king but Caesar and
seal her own fate. It is a time of great sorrow. The Old Testament
rises up and haunts us with its great stories of deliverance for
Jerusalem. It reminds us of God's love for the people of a city, even
the great cities of Israel's enemies. So we know that Jesus' tears are
God's tears for his people, their city, and their future. God longs for
the cities to ring with the cry, "Jesus is Lord." But Jerusalem will
have none of it. What else can you do but weep?
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Lord, God of the ages, please bless the great cities of our land. May
we help take the name of Jesus to the people of these cities so they
will not be lost without hope and without you. Give me a heart more
like your own for the cities. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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