Jeremiah 5
The Transforming Power of Devotion!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, March 20.
Are there consequences for worshipping the creation rather than the Creator? In Jeremiah 5:21-24, God gave the prophet a timely word for His people who were facing repercussions for rejecting Him:
“Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see; who have ears but do not hear. Do you not fear Me?” declares the Lord. “Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it. But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and departed. They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’”
We become like that which we worship. We become foolish and senseless when we reject God for any created thing, as God reminded His people about the danger of idols in Psalm 115:5-9, “They have eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but they cannot hear; … Those who make them will become like them, everyone who trusts in them. O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.” Jeremiah warned God’s people, reminding them that God is the Creator who sets all things in their prescribed place, bringing order to the chaos with His presence. When we allow anything else to be first in our lives, then we become unduly influenced by it. Whatever we are devoted to has the power to transform us into its image.
Seize the moment and worship “the glory of the incorruptible God” and not His creation (Romans 1:18-32).
God bless you!
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