“Maybe the nation of Judah will hear about
all the disasters that I plan to bring on them, and they will turn from
their wicked ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins”
(Jeremiah 36:3). Even in all life’s disasters, we must never lose sight
of God’s love. He sends disasters. This is not because He hates us. He
loves us. Through these disasters, He’s calling us back to Himself. He’s
calling us to receive His forgiveness.
Jeremiah was not a popular
prophet. He didn’t tell the people what they wanted to hear. He wasn’t
concerned with gaining their approval. He was determined to keep on
speaking God’s Word - whatever the people thought about him, said about
him or did to him. The first priority is faithfulness. We must not make
relevance the be-all and end-all. Relevance must be built on
faithfulness. The two are to be held together - faithfulness and
relevance. If we do not remain faithful to God’s Word, our words will be
irrelevant. They will not be God’s Word for the people. “Your Word is
truth” (John 17:17) - This must be at the heart of both our preaching
and our living.
We are not to be afraid of those who oppose God
and His Word (Jeremiah 42:11). We are to trust God. We are to stand on
the promises that He has given to us in His Word - “I will have
compassion on you” (Jeremiah 42:12).
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