Tues.’s Devo - All to the Glory of God!

Read: Jeremiah 10:1-11:23; Colossians 3:18-4:18; Psalm 78;56-72; Proverbs 24:28-29
Apparently there had been some sign in the heavens that the astrologers of the day predicted as a bad omen. Jeremiah warned them against listening to their lies because they got their information from idols they made out of wood and metal. Their predictions were like scarecrows in the field - not real and had no power to do anything but bring fear. They prophesied lies, but God tells the truth and the truth was that the enemy was coming from the north bringing total devastation because of their hardened hearts.
God was so angered by their ways and the wickedness of their hearts that he told Jeremiah to stop praying for the people. He had reached out over and over to them but they had refused to repent. God would not listen to their cry if they turned to him now because it was too late.
Men of Anathoth, Jeremiah’s hometown had plotted to kill Jeremiah because of his prophesies but God told Jeremiah not to worry about them because he would take care of them. They and their whole families would be blotted out. It is so true that a prophet is not recognized in his own town.
In Colossians, Paul tells the wives to be subject to their husbands as it is proper to do. Colossians was a Greek city where women were gods and roles were reversed. Paul didn’t have to tell Jewish women to submit because in their culture women were slaves and did submit. But in Greek culture, women ruled, spoke out in church and were leaders.
The husbands were told to not be bitter against their wives but to love them. Children were to obey their parents, period. The adults would be held responsible for their parenting and the children rewarded if they obeyed. These words were spoken to Christian families who were following after Jesus.
To sum it up, everything we do is to be done as a gift of our hearts to God. We are to honor our bosses and our co-workers under us. We are to walk in wisdom toward those that are outside of the faith using every opportunity we have to share the hope within us.
Lord, let us seize any and every opportunity to share our faith today that you might be glorified through us.