Nebuchadnezzar is coming. The LORD is sending him and his army to bring terror upon God's people. They have lost His blessing. But, yet, He tells them:
“If you, Israel, will return,
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
then the nations will invoke blessings by him
and in him they will boast.” (Jer 4:1-2 NIV)
God warns His children to return to Him - to return to His ways. But, they do not listen. Do our own children listen? Do they listen to us? Do they listen to the Word of the LORD? Do we?
It is absolutely heartbreaking that we cannot hear or want to receive the blessings of the LORD. Instead, we, like little children, think we have to experiment with other gods. Those other gods will inevitably fail us. Jeremiah grieved for the disaster that was about to befall God's people. How can anyone not grieve for the church today? So many have fallen away... yet, these same who have taken up false gods bear the name Christian and it is there witness that others are hearing. It is a tragedy that worshipping false idols (so many things have taken precedence over loving God with your whole heart, and mind and soul) within the church on earth has taken on epidemic proportions. And... since we have left the LORD to live for our own egos and false gods, we are left to our own devices and their consequences. It is enough to make one grieve for what is about to come.
Return to the LORD and be blessed.
God's Peace - Pr.J
“If you, Israel, will return,
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
then the nations will invoke blessings by him
and in him they will boast.” (Jer 4:1-2 NIV)
God warns His children to return to Him - to return to His ways. But, they do not listen. Do our own children listen? Do they listen to us? Do they listen to the Word of the LORD? Do we?
It is absolutely heartbreaking that we cannot hear or want to receive the blessings of the LORD. Instead, we, like little children, think we have to experiment with other gods. Those other gods will inevitably fail us. Jeremiah grieved for the disaster that was about to befall God's people. How can anyone not grieve for the church today? So many have fallen away... yet, these same who have taken up false gods bear the name Christian and it is there witness that others are hearing. It is a tragedy that worshipping false idols (so many things have taken precedence over loving God with your whole heart, and mind and soul) within the church on earth has taken on epidemic proportions. And... since we have left the LORD to live for our own egos and false gods, we are left to our own devices and their consequences. It is enough to make one grieve for what is about to come.
Return to the LORD and be blessed.
God's Peace - Pr.J
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