17 Oct - Jeremiah 30:1-31:26; 1 Timothy 2; Psalm 87; Proverbs 25:18-19
A long passage to read for OT. But if you read it in this way - giving "wows "to "good" verse and "ohs" to "bad" verses, you will get the sense of mood. God is coming for a restoration!
Jer 30:11 I will discipline you in just measure,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Since earlier times, God cannot stand evil - remember this! But His love, His salvation plan, and though he grieves at what man can do, AND of course, he cannot leave everything in its course to see the grand plan come to past. In fact, generation and after generation - things don't get better, but worst. There are more and more temptation and acts of evil in our modern world. No one can therefore comes to the God the Father - Jesus is the answer.
Israel, is His people. We are called to be His children. As parent, He discipline - but through the process, He showed mercy and love. That is His nature.
Jer 10:18 “Thus says the Lord:Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacoband have compassion on his dwellings;the city shall be rebuilt on its mound,and the palace shall stand where it used to be.19 Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,and the voices of those who celebrate.I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.20 Their children shall be as they were of old,and their congregation shall be established before me,and I will punish all who oppress them.21 Their prince shall be one of themselves;their ruler shall come out from their midst;I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,for who would dare of himself to approach me?declares the Lord.22 And you shall be my people,and I will be your God.”
Our God wants to be with us - but are we ready and hungry for Him? We seem to cast God aside and choose the path of destruction and until we can bear it no more - we fall back on God. Why must you let God restore? Let Him not take away (because of evil) but let His blessings grow. Let us say to God that You are our God and we are our subject. Can you see that God is always the one who initiate? Why is our heart has no yearning for Him? Check, check.
1 comment:
you wrote "god is the one who initiates". hee hee so when our kids fall and are crying... can you go over to hug them instead of asking them to come over to you?!?
just a thought for personal application
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