Lord, You have given us the instructions for a life of flourishing in peace and joy! Yet, so often we choose our own way which brings the fruit of our actions…the real consequences are chaos, fear and destruction. Sometimes they show up physically, but many times it is emotional or mental anguish. Lord, help me to follow You so that I am not forced to endure the suffering of my own making.
To fear Him is to know Him…both His desire for us and direction for us. Lord help me to know Your way and be motivated to follow You!
No matter how far we stray from God, he is always ready to receive us back into relationship…but we must desire it.
How incredible that God is ready to welcome us back after we spend so much time and energy rejecting Him. Yet he simply requires that we humbly admit our inability to obey and surrender our lives to Him. Surrender sounds easier than it actually is because that means rejecting our own attempts to succeed and confidently following His direction.
Lord, help my life to reflect this to those around me…I am far from doing this well!
The people of Israel were so short sighted and blind that they forgot about all the ways that God had freed them…instead they ran to brokenness and destruction that lead them back to slavery.
Lord, help me to flee from all things that bring slavery and run full speed into your arms, Your embrace that is FREEDOM!!!
It struck me that Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet, he was not seeking to be a prophet. Speculatively, he was just following God and being obedient, then God selected him for this mission. Not only does God call him for the missions, but it is not reliant on his ability…God is providing what to say, how to say it and to whom to speak. He is called to obey…just like me.
Lord, help me to be surrendered in every area of life and thought. I am thankful to be called by You! Use me as you please to further Your kingdom! Help me not depend on my abilities, but be ready to do Your work, by Your strength with Your words!!!
In a world of chaos, destruction and suffering, Your kingdom stands in stark contrast for your people. Come Lord Jesus!
