Reading: Jeremiah 13, 14, 15
My Verse: "You have rejected me, declared the LORD;
you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you
and destroyed you--
I am weary of relenting" (Jeremiah 15:6)
How dreadful is this! There does come a time when one can no longer turn to You. Oh, LORD God, You do weary of the constant rejection of those You seek.
Yes, You are a patient God in Your great love for us! (2 Peter 3:9)
And, yes, You do pursue us. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20).
The entire Bible is filled with stories of how You pursue us from the day we are born. You want nothing more than for us to turn to You and allow You to heal us with Your love.
And You continually warn us of the consequences of rejecting You.
"Hear and give ear; be not proud,
for the LORD has spoken.
Give glory to the LORD your God
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and while you look for light
He turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness" (Jeremiah 13:15,16).
"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings,
has one who judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him
at the last day" (John 12:48).
"A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
will suddenly be broken beyond remedy" (Proverbs 29:1).
Paul spells out very clearly the dreadful consequences of constantly rejecting You, LORD God in Romans 1.
Refusing to believe results in man becoming "futile in their thinking" and "their foolish hearts were darkened" (Romans 1:21).
Rejecting You, LORD God results in You giving them up to:
" the lusts of their hearts to impurity . . ."
"to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves . . ."
"to dishonorable passions . . ."
"to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done . . ."
be "filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice . . ."
"envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness . . ."
become "gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful . . ." (Romans 1:26-30).
And finally the most dreadful consequence is that awful death - eternal separation from You, LORD God. There does come a day when one can no longer turn to You.
"For the wages of sin is death . . ." (Romans 3:23).
But, oh that need not be! You have Your hand out to us and we have only to take it and allow You to heal us and enable us to love You and each other.
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life . . . " (Psalm 23:6).
Thank You, LORD God for this. Help me to be steadfast in prayer for my loved ones that need You.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "You have rejected me, declared the LORD;
you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you
and destroyed you--
I am weary of relenting" (Jeremiah 15:6)
How dreadful is this! There does come a time when one can no longer turn to You. Oh, LORD God, You do weary of the constant rejection of those You seek.
Yes, You are a patient God in Your great love for us! (2 Peter 3:9)
And, yes, You do pursue us. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20).
The entire Bible is filled with stories of how You pursue us from the day we are born. You want nothing more than for us to turn to You and allow You to heal us with Your love.
And You continually warn us of the consequences of rejecting You.
"Hear and give ear; be not proud,
for the LORD has spoken.
Give glory to the LORD your God
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and while you look for light
He turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness" (Jeremiah 13:15,16).
"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings,
has one who judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him
at the last day" (John 12:48).
"A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
will suddenly be broken beyond remedy" (Proverbs 29:1).
Paul spells out very clearly the dreadful consequences of constantly rejecting You, LORD God in Romans 1.
Refusing to believe results in man becoming "futile in their thinking" and "their foolish hearts were darkened" (Romans 1:21).
Rejecting You, LORD God results in You giving them up to:
" the lusts of their hearts to impurity . . ."
"to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves . . ."
"to dishonorable passions . . ."
"to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done . . ."
be "filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice . . ."
"envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness . . ."
become "gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful . . ." (Romans 1:26-30).
And finally the most dreadful consequence is that awful death - eternal separation from You, LORD God. There does come a day when one can no longer turn to You.
"For the wages of sin is death . . ." (Romans 3:23).
But, oh that need not be! You have Your hand out to us and we have only to take it and allow You to heal us and enable us to love You and each other.
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life . . . " (Psalm 23:6).
Thank You, LORD God for this. Help me to be steadfast in prayer for my loved ones that need You.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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