Good morning! It got me, yup, that old bug going around finally got ahold of me. I shall stay home today to get over it.
Today I read about Jeremiah's message to the remnant in Judah. They came to him, asked him to pray to God for them, and vowed to obey whatever the Lord told them. However, later in the book, we find that this group had no intention of obeying the Lord. Wow, coming to the Lord with a vow on their lips and a lie in their heart! It doesn't seem very wise to us, yet look carefully at your life and you and I may find the same kind of behavior somewhere. All through the story of the early Israelites we often read examples of what not to do, and we marvel at their disobedience and punishment. Later we read about them doing something similar, usually idolatry, and suffering for it yet again. We marvel and ask, "How could they?" and turn away from a close, and uncomfortable, examination of our own disobedience.
When we do finally face our own sin and disobedience, we find reason to marvel even more as the love of the Lord Jesus then becomes greater in our hearts. How could He love us in the condition that we often find ourselves, that of disobedient sinners? Jesus died on the cross for all those sins, we need not hold onto them. Bring them to the cross and leave them there. None of us are perfect, all are born sinners and all of us need forgiveness and God's grace. None who ask will be turned away by Jesus. His great love conquers the bad feelings of remorse, and brings us to a new day in this life. That day begins with the realization that we have been given eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ!
Share God's joy and blessings with those around you today!
Bucky
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