Fallen For It

Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.  Jeremiah 7:8

If I brought this to you today, you might think that I'm referring to your latest Wall Street venture. It seems that there is always a false prophet willing to lie when it comes to stocks these days. When the message comes through one of God's prophets though, we can be assured that it wasn't about investment advice. Judah in the time of Jeremiah was looking quite a bit like a nation we are familiar with today. 

So, along comes Jones with some advice for us. How do we tell which are the lying words and which are not? Perhaps you know a Jones and can tell us to never  believe anything he says. However, there is another thing about this hypothetical Jones of ours, he is the minister of a popular Christian church. What do those people know that we do not? Or, perhaps they are all fallen for it. We can only go to the Word of God in prayer and meditation to seek an answer. Depending upon what you or I think we know, as the Proverbs tell us, carries too much risk. Better to trust in the Lord! 

Keep a warm heart for the Lord in these cold days!

Bucky