The Weeping Prophet, Day 27 Options. Read Jeremiah chapter 27. God gave the people options. As God was delivering his message to Jeremiah, Jeremiah was to tell the people what was going to happen and then give them two options of how they could respond to that information. God shared with the people that he was going to allow the Babylonians to take over. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon was going to be in charge of everything in that area because God was going to allow it. However, the people had a choice. They could either choose to serve Babylon, or they could resist and as a result God would…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 26 Angry about God’s message. Read Jeremiah chapter 26. Jeremiah has continued to share God’s message with people, and they don’t like it. People decide that Jeremiah must die. The king actually has already had another prophet killed who was sharing God’s message. They began to debate about whether or not killing Jeremiah would be OK. The kings are trying to avoid punishment at all costs and so the question becomes, will the judgment that Jeremiah describes come true, or will they experience more judgment and punishment by killing him? God works through the situation and saves Jeremiah, but we need to recognize the fact that…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 25 Continued disobedience. Read Jeremiah chapter 25. God continues to explain the disobedience of the people around him. He explains that the people of Judah have been disobedient and for that, they will be judged. However, it’s not just Judah that has been disobedient to God. All the other nations surrounding them have been disobedient as well. God reminds them that they will be judged as well. Judah was supposed to have been a light to the nations. They were supposed to be the ones sharing with others about the holiness and power of the one true God. However, they allowed all the other nations to…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 24 Do we have a heart to know God? Read Jeremiah chapter 24. God gives Jeremiah an example to share with the people showing two baskets of figs. One of these baskets are very good and the other basket is very bad. God explains that the very good figs are like the people who will be sent into exile. God will teach them how to love him. God will give them a heart for him. The other basket will be the leaders of the current country that have led the people astray. They will be destroyed. As we look to God and desire to be the…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 23 God knows. Read Jeremiah chapter 23. Sometimes we have the idea that we do things in secret. There’s actually nothing that we do that is truly secret. We may look around and realize that there is no one in the vicinity or in the same room with us, but God is always with us. God sees everything that we do and he knows every thought that we have. There is nothing that we do or even think that is secret. God knows our motivations and he knows our heart. These people were disobedient and doing things that they should not have been doing. They were…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 22 Leadership responsibilities. Read Jeremiah chapter 22. God speaks to all the kings in the area. He wants to make sure that all of them understand how they have led their countries away from God. Their leadership matters. When we are in positions of leadership, we have additional responsibility to ensure that we are pointing other people to Christ. While every single person is responsible to live a life that reflects the holiness of Christ, those in leadership have an additional responsibility. God holds leaders accountable for how they use their leadership.. How does their authority influence and direct others? Those who have not used that…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 21 What do we deserve? Read Jeremiah chapter 21. In these verses, we see the people of Israel make a decision to come and ask God to save them. The king and the leaders recognize that they have nothing to stand on to be able to ask God for such a thing, but they ask him anyway. However, their sin has been so great that God tells them he’s going to give them what they deserve. So often we think about the idea of what we deserve. We have this notion that we deserve to have good things happen to us, like positive experiences and results…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 20 Must share God’s message. Read Jeremiah chapter 20. Jeremiah has been beaten. God has delivered a message of destruction to Jeremiah’s captor. However, Jeremiah is still deeply frustrated and tired of being the one to share news of judgment all the time. Jeremiah complains to the Lord explaining his frustrations and how tired of this message he is. Jeremiah tells God that he doesn’t like the message and he doesn’t like sharing it anymore. However, Jeremiah recognizes that he can’t not share. It sounds like he even has tried to not share, but the message inside him overwhelms him and is bursting forth from him.…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 19 The people are stiff-necked. Read Jeremiah chapter 19. The Lord continues to give Jeremiah another message. This time, Jeremiah again gives a demonstration along with the words of God to explain what he is doing. After showing the people the demonstration, God explains that he is going to bring the destruction that he has mentioned because the people are stiff necked and will not make the changes or repentance needed. Are we open to the messages of God? Are we willing to be moved by what we read in his word and hear from his word? Do we make change based on his word? The…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 18 God has the right to remake us. Read Jeremiah chapter 18. God shares with Jeremiah a very important picture. The Potter had the right to make the clay into whatever he deemed was appropriate based upon the best use of the clay. In exactly the same way, God has the right to make and remake us into exactly what he desires us to be. In some cases, some of us tend more towards certain projects or purposes and others to other things. God knows the very best way that he can be glorified through the life of each and every one of us. Our job…