We should be weeping!

As I read this verse I thought to myself, does the Word of God move us anymore?



Nehemiah 8:9



9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.



The wall was finished, the people gathered, the Word of God was read. It was a Holy Day to God. As the people heard the Word they realized their sin before God thus they wept. When is the last time you seen anybody weep before God because of their sin? It is not very common anymore. We will cry over a movie, a dead pet, a ball game, and many other things but for some reason the biggest issue in our life (sin before a holy God) does not bring us to tears. We have become hard to sin! Not good!



The reason they told them not to weep here is because it was to be a day of celebration to a Holy God.



If we realize our sin it should bring us to tears, and then it should move us to repent and get right with God! Do something about it! We have a loving God and look at what He promises when we confess our sins:





1 John 1:9



9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.



Oh what an awesome God we serve! Thank you God for forgiveness through the shed blood of your son Jesus!



As a nation, we should be weeping and praying for our sins are destroying us!



Tom