Topic: Obedience Better Than Sacrifice [Friday September 11, 2015]
Text: Jeremiah 10:17-25
Key Verse: “O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).
The Bible is replete with case studies of God’s judgment freely meted out on those who disobey Him. It is only a life of obedience which pleases God and steers away His anger. Our text, which exposes the spiritual wretchedness of Judah as they were apt to disobey God, declares God’s impending judgment on them. As they had little regard for Him, Jeremiah told them pointedly to be ready to go into exile.
God had designed that their enemies would capture them because of their disobedience. He told them that God would throw them from their land like a rock from a sling. But the people, instead of repenting of their sin, replied Jeremiah that they had been wounded and doomed to die. They equally stated that their homes had been destroyed and their children killed, lamenting that no one was left to help them find shelter.
Imagine their major concern instead of pleading for God’s mercy! Jeremiah equally blamed their predicaments on their leaders as they refused to listen to the Lord. Those leaders, whom he described as failures, had caused God to scatter the people. After that, he prayed for God’s mercy and correction. He also prayed that God should vent His anger on their enemies who had refused to submit to His worship or acknowledge His authority over them. God’s punishment is always inflicted on disobedient people.
The option available to those under chastisement is to return to God in repentance and not to continue to justify themselves. An unyielding life of The Bible IN ONE YEAR disobedience will attract the wrath of God.
Thought for the day: God favours those who delight in obeying Him
Bible Reading in one Year: Numbers 5-7
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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