Jeremiah was a young man to whom
God assigned a message of judgment on the nation of Judah. Judgments aren’t fun to read, but the transgressions
cited and the judgments rendered can be very insightful and helpful if we will
examine our own lives in light of them.
God has not changed in all
eternity, so certainly not in the period of history since His dealings with His
people through the prophets. Jeremiah is
part of the current readings from Life Journal daily reading guide which many
follow, and chapter 2 deserves personal reflection on how we are serving God or
serving “the works of our own hands”.
Here are two verses from chapter 2:
(italics mine)
11"Has a nation changed gods when they were not gods? (No. We’re pretty loyal to
our idols/gods because we made them up in the first place to fit our desires.)
But My people have changed their glory (the
true God) for that which does not profit.
13 "For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
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