Look! Striding across the mountains – a messenger bringing the latest good news: peace! A holiday, Judah! Celebrate! Worship and recommit to God! No more worries about this enemy. This one is history. Close the books. Nahum 1:15
So much in the news these days. Storm clouds without rain. War clouds without relief. Such clouds not only cast ominous shadows of uneasiness, they breed pessimism. Many of us are paying more attention to the bad news according to the news media than you are to the Good News according to Christ Jesus, our Lord. This verse in Nahum reminds me that we are entering a week of sorrow that ends in a celebration of victory! Easter is a celebration that closes the book on the bad news and opens the book on hope and celebration! As the prophet Nahum says; “Worship and recommit to God! No more worries about the enemy!”