“Listen
and pay attention! Don’t be arrogant. The Lord has spoken” (Jeremiah
13:5). “Do something, Lord, for the sake of Your Name, even though our
sins testify against us” (Jeremiah 14:7). We listen to God, and we call
upon Him - “If you return, I will take you back ... I am with you, and I
will save you and rescue you, says the Lord” (Jeremiah 15:19-20). Along
with the great promise, “I am with you and I will save you”, there is
also the call to return to the Lord. God knows what we are like - “The
heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure” (Jeremiah 17:9).
God knows that we cannot change ourselves. We can only be changed by
Him. He calls us back from the way of the “fool” (Jeremiah 17:11). He
calls us to Himself. The Word, given to the prophet, is also the Word,
spoken to the people. It is the Word of salvation. “Where is the Word of
the Lord? Let it come!” (Jeremiah 17:15). The Word of the Lord comes.
It comes from above. It comes from the Lord. We cannot create the Word
of the Lord. We must let it come to us. The Word is His. It’s not ours.
We must pray, “Let the Word of the Lord come to us.” Let the Word of the
Lord be God among us, God speaking to us, God working in us and through
us.
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