Christian Devotional – October 18, 2022

The Weeping Prophet, Day 14

We are sinful. Read Jeremiah chapter 14.

The Lord continues to speak to Jeremiah, and Jeremiah continues to answer. However, there have been a multitude of false prophets telling the people that everything’s OK. That they have nothing to worry about and they’re not bad people. However, the Lord reminds the people that they are, in fact, extremely sinful. Those prophets that are sharing false messages are going to end up suffering for their sin.

The real question then becomes how do the people view their own sin? As we end this chapter, we see written true repentance as Jeremiah is sharing with the people what they should be saying and the way they should be addressing God. We are truly sinners. There is nothing in us that is good. We can do nothing on our own.

This is the attitude and the realization of our situation that we need to have when we come before God. We can do nothing on our own. We are truly sinners. How do we address God? Do we come to him thinking that we have something of value to offer him? The only thing we have is what he has given us.We are truly nothing outside of what of what God has allowed us to be. Do we acknowledge him and thank him for all that he does for us every single day? He is holy.