Day 222 (Jeremiah 10-13) - Year 6
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Geremi a continues his plea to dude today, and he opens with the reminder of what many, but not all of their idols really are. It's a tree god made, cut down by a human. God made, covered in gold.

God made. IT can't hear or speak or move that black of wood by itself can't do good or evil. It's completely impotent unless, and this is something the text doesn't quite dig into here, unless an evil spirit attaches itself to the object.

And this is actually what the people are hoping for, although they aren't specifically seeking evil spirits, just forces of power in order to summit, these forces of power they do in contains cut themselves and perform magic and rituals to try to get what they believe is a god to endure the they've just made. They even make special outfits for the status and take them on trips. When you think about those statues and then you consider your way, there is no comparison.

The people are worshipping these idols because they think IT will give them safety and power and happiness. Most of us probably don't have a false god set up in our homes, but we certainly do look to other things besides your way for those same purposes, safety and power and happiness. There's nothing wrong with those things, but when they take precedents in our hearts and thoughts, they take our eyes off your way when our good desires become ultimate, when they become expectations and requirements, we are on the same path as the people of juda who sought out other gods to access their desires in versus nineteen to twenty one.

Jeremy, I speak on behalf of jerusalem. And one of the things that the personified jerusalem says is that the people who are supposed to be leading juda aren't actually seeking dead. And as a result, the people of juda are scattered.

If no one is following a person, they aren't really a leader, not even a bad one. And good leaders know that they have to first be good followers. But again, these guys aren't following god.

They're following themselves, their own hearts, their own impulses. Then inverse twenty three, jeremy, I praise as jerusalem, begging guard to bring judgment on the pagan nations, but not iron juda. Yesterday, in seven sixteen, god commanded gem, ye not to pray for a judi.

And maybe this is his attempt to find a looper. He's not praying for of them. He's praying as them. In chapter eleven, god is like, hey, I heard that knocked off.

He puts IT like this in verse fourteen, do not pray for these people or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, but I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble. Then god remains study of his cabinet with them. They've broken IT, and these are the consequences they're experiencing because of that.

When we were nearing the end, devise a on day two eleven, you may remember that god initiated a new cabinet with them in ever lasting cabinet. This isn't contradicting that. That part is coming in geremi as well, but we're not there yet.

By the way, chronological reading plans can be really chAllenging to pass. There's truly, in a way, to do a perfectly or clean. So let's aim to have Grace for anyways. It's not let out according to your preference.

The people at blue letter bible who made this suu version plan did a great job all that to say, according to where we are in Jeremiah, the people of juda are still living under the conditional cabinet in the history of god's relationship with israel. They weren't listening to him. So he was like, let me write IT down for you.

So there's no question about what i'm saying and I got IT. thanks. We'll do this for sure. And then of course they don't.

You may remember that they even lost the scrawl until kinjo sias guys found IT when renovating the temple. And at some point they even lost the tablets of the ten commandments. They have no regard for god or his word.

If they took the time they're ent dressing their idols and fancy outfits and put that toward the seeking god instead, they'd be in a totally different place right now. In eleven eighteen to twenty, gera, mia talks to gude about what's going on in his own life because of all these provinces. The people of his hometown don't like his sermons one bit.

And theyve made a threat on his life. God responds in versus twenty one to twenty three by letting Jerry I know that he doesn't just what those guys because god will end them wow, in chapter twelve, jeramy tells her that he's really confused by god's actions. He knows that is rice.

And they both want the wit and hy to be punished. God doesn't seem to be doing anything about. In fact, those guys seem to be thriving.

God respond by basically saying it's even worse than you think and about to get worse. God never promised their ma an easy life. He just promised he would be with him.

And now gamma is living in that reality. He's talking to the living god while all his family inference betray him. It's clear god, as with him, even if no one else says god, says this hasn't been easy for him either.

He had to hand over his people to the consequences of their sins. But even as they're taken into exile, god is keeping a watchful eye on them, and he will punish anyone who hurts him. He's got a plan to bring them back into this land eventually. And he also reminds us of his merciful promise to party any foreigners whose hearts turn to worship him. And he ll include them in his family as well.

It's in twelve of sixteen, which says, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people to swear by my name as the lord lives, even as they taught my people to swear by by all, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. Chapter thirteen gives us a bit of theatre, the kind god uses as a metaphor. To make his point, he has to my a violin and cloth, put IT on and go buried in the ground.

A few days later, got tells to go back and take IT up. And obviously it's filthy IT, probably covered in earthworms. Then god says, this is what i'm going to do, to do this pride.

I'm in a unit like this loan cloth. The chapter closes with provinces of death, destruction and exile. And god points out that there is no escape from his plan.

In the twenty five, he says, this is your a lot. The portion I have measured out to you declare the lord, what was your god shot? Mine showed up a few times today.

IT was in the reminders that god is with us in every moment, not just in destinations or arrivals, but in steps I saw in ten twenty three, which says, I know, oh, law, that the way of men is not in himself, that IT is not in man who walks to direct his steps. And I thought, again, when god is talking about the cabinet tly, maybe these people, eleven four, says, listen to my voice and do all that. I command you.

This is still the best advice. Listen to god. Do what he says.

That very statement implies that god is attentive, speaking, giving direction. He cares. He's not removed from you or your life.

He's there to help you and guide you. You are not on your own. It's easy to feel lonely and confused and like we're on the verge of ruining our lives with one decision.

But god says, i'm here, talk to me. I know exactly what's next for you. You're trying to decide what city to move to and I already know where you're gna store your paper towels. He listens, he guides. He's with you and he is where the joy is.

In the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred ninety two, one of the best teams ever was formed. IT was called a dream team, and they represented the U. S.

As the olympics men's basketball team. No team like IT has ever existed until now. Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but IT doesn't feel like I sometimes I love my team, and I think they are the best of my dream team there.

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