Waist Deep 2018 - August 1

Nahum 1: 3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. (NIV)

Though God’s justice seems slow, nothing can ultimately escape it.*

Nahum preached to Nineveh about 150 years after Jonah. Jonah proclaimed a message of mercy, while Nahum preached of doom.* This verse contains a warning: while God’s wrath was averted in Jonah’s day, Nineveh should expect punishment now. 

Although this warning is directed at Nineveh, it can be applied to anyone who continues to live in sin.  We may be lulled into a false sense of security by the reminder that God is slow to anger, but heed the warning: he is great in power. No one knows when he will decide to unleash that power on the guilty. Never forget that the holiness of the Lord demands that sin be punished.* Someone has to pay the price – whether it be the guilty person or the perfect sacrifice.

It is a tragic error to assume that because God has not smitten the wicked, He has changed from a God of
justice to one of easy-going tolerance.*