Tues.’s Devo - Seeing Through Jeremiah’s Eyes

Read: Jeremiah 4:19-6:15; Colossians 1:18-2:7; Psalm 77:1-20; Provers 24:23-25 Jeremiah saw the destruction that was coming long before it came and tried to warn the people but they could not hear his warnings and didn’t have a heart to repent. They only knew how to do wrong. Jeremiah saw the land lying in desolation and ruins though it was a thriving city oblivious to what was coming. God told Jeremiah to run through the city and cry out for one just and honest person. If he could find one, God would not destroy the city. (Sounds like Sodom and Gomorrah.) All of God’s correction and warnings from the prophets could not change the hearts of the people. Even the leaders had rebelled against God and his laws. The people mocked the prophets and called them windbags. They didn’t believe destruction was coming. God would prove them wrong. He would send a distant nation against them who didn’t speak their language but had deadly weapons and mighty warriors. They would destroy and devour everything. They would come from the north and attack at night. God would save a remnant and with them he would rebuild the nation. In Colossians, Paul continued to tell them who Jesus was since they were hearing that Jesus was not God’s son sent to earth with all power and authority. Paul made it clear that Christ is the head of the church and the church is his body. Christ is supreme over all who rise from the dead because he was the first to resurrect. God lived through Christ on earth and reconciled us to God. Through his blood, God made peace with everything in heaven and on hearth. This includes us who were sinners. Through Christ’s blood we can now approach God and be brought into his presence. Now Christ lives in us. Lord, thank you for the blood of Jesus. Lead us through the Red Sea of our day. Lead us down a pathway that no one knows is there (Psalm 77:19).