There is only one thing that we can 100% rely on every moment, in every situation: the God of the Universe! We often however depend on our achievements or wealth which, seems reliable, until it can’t save us from a cancer diagnosis or a spouse that has left us. Those things are powerless to help us no matter how hard we worked to get them! But God is able to stand up to anything, take us through every trial and personally be with us in the darkness.
This chapter is short and it took me a few times through to see anything that was helpful…then it jumped off the page: even inanimate objects obey the Lord without fail! Yet God gives us free will and most of us use it to reject Him. How heartbreaking! Lord, help me to see your commands as joyful and speed my heart and mind toward obedient surrender!!!
Gods presence is constant, even when we cannot feel it. Our response to any scenario can be fear if we think we are stuck alone…but we never have reason to fear if we are Gods children, because He never leaves us, or forsakes us. Lord, help me to rest is You!!!
Lord, how many times have I pressed ahead trying to achieve what I wanted…help me to trust in You alone for direction and not try to force my own desires.
God repeatedly gave His children opportunity to turn back to Him. It is rarely just a single call, His patience is long lasting and thankfully so, because we need it. Watching these people purposefully reject God call through Jeremiah is painful, but I am sure that is how my own life looks at times from Gods perspective. Lord, help me to trust you and reject my own feelings…
The people of Israel were so confident in their own plan that they rejected the very words of God. How many times do I do this same thing? Lord, help me to hear, understand and follow your words without question!
We so often want to know directly from God what He wants us to do in a specific situation…that is what the Israelites wanted here so they got Jeremiah to ask for them. After 10 days the Lord answered but it was not what they expected…
How we respond to Gods direction for us reveals our own hearts, do we want God or do we want to follow our own plans? Lord, help me to follow You at every opportunity, strengthen my faith to trust you and obey your instruction!
