Jeremiah 2-4
This passage is pretty rough. God calls out the Israelites as being "dirty," if you know what I mean. Reading through this, I was reminded of my former lifestyle and how much I hurt God by my actions; I behaved similarly to the Israelites. But praise be to the Lord, who got a hold of me and cleaned me up! Not that I'm perfect - I've still got a long way to go - but at least I'm not doing that wicked stuff anymore. Now it's on to the more subtle sins like pride (it's hard to see, let alone to fight). Here are a couple of challenges from the Scriptures this morning:
This passage is pretty rough. God calls out the Israelites as being "dirty," if you know what I mean. Reading through this, I was reminded of my former lifestyle and how much I hurt God by my actions; I behaved similarly to the Israelites. But praise be to the Lord, who got a hold of me and cleaned me up! Not that I'm perfect - I've still got a long way to go - but at least I'm not doing that wicked stuff anymore. Now it's on to the more subtle sins like pride (it's hard to see, let alone to fight). Here are a couple of challenges from the Scriptures this morning:
2:13 "My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
4:3 This is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem:
"Break up your unplowed ground
and do not sow among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
circumcise your hearts,
you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, ...
14 O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved.
How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
4:3 This is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem:
"Break up your unplowed ground
and do not sow among thorns.
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
circumcise your hearts,
you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, ...
14 O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved.
How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for saving me from a life of destruction. Thank you for disciplining me as a child of the Holy One to save me out of the mess I was in and set me on a path to know you more. Lord God, please reveal yourself to me and change me more into your image today. I pray that I will soften my heart toward you and wash the evil from my heart. I pray that you will transform my mind and cleanse me to make me holy like you. I love you, Lord. May I love you more. I ask this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
yeah, from the picture on the left of your site, you seem to have your share of "dirty".
ReplyDeleteit is only by the work of the Lord that i am saved. and only by the work of the Fruit of the Spirit, that my faith lives. i am by no means perfect in this either, and sometimes God has to "hose off" the dirt. but thank God He does, because i'd rather be hosed down than wallowing in the mud. :D
good post