Monday, March 28

Jeremiah 7:1-15

There are many lessons that are learned from the pages of the Old Testament. In this Scripture, Jeremiah was witnessing his people talking the talk, but not walking the walk. It sounds like they were regularly breaking every law that God had set before them – at that time, the Ten Commandments. Even though the chosen people of God were doing ‘detestable things’ and were ‘trusting in deceptive words that are worthless’, they continually came to worship as if they had done nothing wrong. They were trusting in ‘the things of the world’ instead of God. They felt safe in God’s house, the Temple – that they could do anything they wanted outside as long as they continued to come there to worship God; they felt that God wouldn’t care. But God DID care and He detested how they were acting and what they were doing. He also cares about us today, how we are acting and what we are doing, and He sees when we slip into disobedience. The lesson we learn from this Scripture, especially in this age of materialism, wealth, and knowledge, is that our focus is to be on God and Godly actions, not just for the hour in church on Sunday mornings, but every hour of every day of the week. Our actions should reflect our love of Jesus, demonstrating that we are true Christians. Everything in this world has been given to us by our God, and our respect and praise should be to Him!

Submitted by Terri Molter