Monday, August 10, 2015

Mon.’s Devo - Seek the Lord First

Read: Jer. 10-13
God rebukes Judah for seeking supernatural help through means other than Him. The supernatural is obtainable through other sources than God, but the result is not good. God’s supernatural power brings life, healing, hope, restoration, salvation, etc. Satan’s supernatural brings deception, pain, brief happiness, false hope, momentary healing and always ends in death.
God had brought Judah out of bondage and slavery and commanded them to obey his voice. Instead they had conspired to go back to serving the gods of their past and broke their covenant with God. God was so angry with Judah he told Jeremiah not to pray for them because he would not hear them.
God rebuked the pastors for destroying the vineyard and walking over the people.
God told Jeremiah to bury a girdle in rocks and then dig it up. It was marred and unusable to represent how he was going to mar the pride of Judah and Jerusalem. They would be good for nothing and scattered among the nations.
I wonder how many times we seek help from things other than God. Or are we tempted to fall into our old patterns of worry and stress when God has invited us into his rest. It is not hard to find ourselves in the same place Judah was in.
Lord, help us to recognize when we are seeking other means of salvation and help us to walk in your spirit minute by minute.

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