God’s Word speaks against us so that we
might learn not to speak against God’s Word. God calls us to holiness -
“Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives!” (Jeremiah 51:6). The final
outcome is described in Jeremiah 51:8 - “Babylon will suddenly fall and
be shattered.” God is warning us. It is folly to live the world’s way
rather than the Lord’s way. In the light of the Lord’s Word, preached so
faithfully by Jeremiah, we must learn to pray, “Your will be done,
Lord.”
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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