23 Oct 2007

23 Oct - Jeremiah 42:1-44:23; 2 Timothy 2:1-21; Psalms 92-93; Proverbs 26:3-5

Jer 44:8 Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, the evil of the kings of Judah, the evil of their [1] wives, your own evil, and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

Can you sense the anger that boils in God? Mercy and grace became no more and anger overcome a God that is slow to anger. The people asked for a word and promised that they would obey. But they did not, again and again. That was the last straw. Most of the people has been exile to Babylon, and these were the remnant left, surely God would not destroy. Their disobedence and their stubborn heart caused their downfall.

Am I like them? Do you want to be like them? Yes we have the blood of Jesus that blanketed us - but this is no warrant for us to sins. Its not only the sins, but a persistent and constant refusal to obey. OBEY - heeding and doing all that God commanded! I pray for submission and repent on all the persistent wrong things that grasp me. Obey and be freed, in Jesus' name I pray.

In the NT, 2 Tim 2:But the word of God is not bound! As we read and sometimes like Paul wrote, we argue on the words, on its interpretation and allow each other to challenge the meaning. v14 not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

It is not the words that we should approach, but the God of the word. The message is in the words, but seek the giver of the words. The intention is to make the word go through and reach out such that God intention can be make known.

Psalm 92:1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
3 to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

For a simple reason, why are we not praising God? Is there no work that God has bless you? The fact that I can type now, is enough for me to praise Him and give thanks to Him.