Read: Jeremiah 16-18; 35
God gave Jeremiah a tangible example of Israel and what God was going to do. God told Jeremiah to go to the potter and see the picture. The potter was turning a pot on his wheel. When the pot didn’t turn out the way he had hoped, he threw it down on the ground and broke it. Then he took new clay and started over. This is exactly what God was doing to Israel. He was rejecting her because she refused to be molded in his hand. He would start over with the Gentiles and a remnant of Jews who would accept his transforming power.
When God judges he removes his protection and peace. Ever since 9/11 we have been vulnerable as a nation and it is hard to find peace. Only those who trust in God can live in peace now. We who trust in the Lord are blessed. We will have plenty of spiritual water and we will thrive and continuously bear fruit.
God reminded his people of the Recabites. They were a people who refused to drink wine because their ancestors refused to drink wine. God’s people couldn’t keep a single law passed down by their ancestors. God told the Recabites that because they stayed true to their fathers, they would always have descendants who served the Lord. What a promise!
Lord, we pray that our offspring would be like the Recabites and follow in our footsteps of faith. We pray that they would go further than we do in faith and devotion to You.
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