Reading: Jeremiah 16, 17
My Verse: "I the LORD search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds" (Jeremiah 17:10).
It is interesting how this sense of - we all of us get what we deserve, according to how we live our lives - seems to be prevalent in all human beings, no matter the culture. Many deny this but the concept comes out in behavior and speech, mostly in defiant behavior. People do know when they are doing something that is against Your laws, LORD God.
Because You created us in Your own image (Genesis 1:27) we do have that sense of goodness and rightness ingrained in our hearts even if we deny You. But the more we deny You the more reprobate we become! Our hearts must become unrecognizable to You, LORD God.
"The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
Who can understand it?" -Jeremiah 17:9
The ESV study bible says the "heart" is a "metaphor for the human will and emotions." Our human will and emotions are desperately sick! It states that "deceitful" here is to be "tortuous, uneven and crooked like a bad road."
The Amplified Bible states it this way "it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick!"
Oh how we need healing! We so desperately need healing. Again the ESV study bible clarifies the second phrase of this verse "Who can understand it?" to mean that we are incapable of curing ourselves - all the self-help books in the world will not fix us.
Only You, LORD God know the heart of each of us. Only You, can heal and bring us into relationship with You.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" (Psalm 147:3).
"You number my wanderings;
put my tears into Your bottle;
are they not in Your book?" (Psalm 56:8)
"I heard your prayer,
I have seen your tears,
surely I will heal you" (Psalm 34:18).
Yes, You, LORD God can and will heal us if we but ask. That is the one requirement - we must ask. We must turn to You and allow You to forgive and heal us.
Thank you, LORD God for this reminder that You do "search our hearts" and "test our minds." You want so much for us to be healed and living lives that glorify You.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "I the LORD search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds" (Jeremiah 17:10).
It is interesting how this sense of - we all of us get what we deserve, according to how we live our lives - seems to be prevalent in all human beings, no matter the culture. Many deny this but the concept comes out in behavior and speech, mostly in defiant behavior. People do know when they are doing something that is against Your laws, LORD God.
Because You created us in Your own image (Genesis 1:27) we do have that sense of goodness and rightness ingrained in our hearts even if we deny You. But the more we deny You the more reprobate we become! Our hearts must become unrecognizable to You, LORD God.
"The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
Who can understand it?" -Jeremiah 17:9
The ESV study bible says the "heart" is a "metaphor for the human will and emotions." Our human will and emotions are desperately sick! It states that "deceitful" here is to be "tortuous, uneven and crooked like a bad road."
The Amplified Bible states it this way "it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick!"
Oh how we need healing! We so desperately need healing. Again the ESV study bible clarifies the second phrase of this verse "Who can understand it?" to mean that we are incapable of curing ourselves - all the self-help books in the world will not fix us.
Only You, LORD God know the heart of each of us. Only You, can heal and bring us into relationship with You.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" (Psalm 147:3).
"You number my wanderings;
put my tears into Your bottle;
are they not in Your book?" (Psalm 56:8)
"I heard your prayer,
I have seen your tears,
surely I will heal you" (Psalm 34:18).
Yes, You, LORD God can and will heal us if we but ask. That is the one requirement - we must ask. We must turn to You and allow You to forgive and heal us.
Thank you, LORD God for this reminder that You do "search our hearts" and "test our minds." You want so much for us to be healed and living lives that glorify You.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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