Nineveh was counting on its defences, its economy and its government to keep it safe. God says, “Think again!”
Read: Nahum 1:7 and 3: 14-17
You may remember how Obadiah prophesied against the false securities that Edom was relying upon – Nahum picks up a very similar theme here speaking to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
The Assyrians should have realised that no matter how strong your defences were, sooner or later someone would come along who could breach them. There was an example in their own recent history.
The city of Thebes was a powerful, well defended city in Egypt, thought to be pretty much impregnable. Yet in 663 BC the Assyrian army conquered the city.
Nahum ridicules the things that the Assyrians in Nineveh are relying on for security. No matter how strong their walls, how rich their merchants and how powerful their government, the city is doomed. In 612 BC the Babylonian army captured and destroyed Nineveh and took over the Assyrian empire completely by 605BC.
So, however tempting it may be to rely on economics or governments for our security and well-being, they can never be relied upon, however strong the temptation. What would our lives look like if we really believed that only God can be trusted for our future and our security, instead of putting our trust in the substitute security blankets?
What would happen to you if all support you receive from the government was removed and the economy was struggling. Would you be able to trust fully in God to look after you as he promises?
Pilgrim Traveller 