Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, without complaint:

“Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel. This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me?’”
(Jeremiah 2:4-5)

There’s absolutely no fault in You, Jesus.

None.

I have no excuse.

But I’ve heard this question before – 

from the devastated person whose spouse has cheated:

“What did I do to deserve this?!!!”

Of course, there’s never any excuse for adultery

so the answer most of us give is:

“You did nothing to deserve this.”

But that’s not true, is it?

We’re all sinners.
We deserve worse than anything we get –

including someone who cheats on us.

We deserve death.

Make that: I deserve death.

So in truth, I can never wail, “What did I do to deserve this?”

Because down deep

I know the answer.

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Ecclesiastes 7:21-22; Luke 23:13-17; John 2:23-25; Romans 1:28-32; Romans 3:9-18; Romans 4:23-25; Romans 5:6-10; 1 Timothy 1:15-17; James 3:2

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.