The Weeping Prophet, Day 17 Who do we trust? Read Jeremiah chapter 17. In this chapter, God contrasts the difference between trusting in man and trusting in God. Most people put their trust in what they can see and what they can experience for themselves. They put their trust in themselves or in their own abilities. God understands that we are all flawed. We are all sinful. So the question becomes, do we want to put our trust into something that will fail, or do we want to put our trust in God? God reminds the people that he is perfect and holy. He’s the one worthy of our trust.…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 16 Lessons from the Lord. Read Jeremiah chapter 16. As we see Jeremiah sharing, we understand that the Lord has more to teach us. As Jeremiah continues to share about the upcoming judgment, the Lord explains the importance of learning from him. We do not know what we should do. Sometimes it can be hard to admit that but we are not born knowing or understanding how to please God. We are born sinful. God is the one who teaches us how we can better follow him follow him. Are we seeking to learn from the Lord the Lord no matter what the circumstance? Do we…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 15 The opinions of others. Read Jeremiah chapter 15. Through this chapter we see yet again God’s description of judgment on his people. However, we get some interesting insight into Jeremiah in this chapter. Jeremiah has been sharing God’s word. He has been telling the people everything that God told him, and he loved God’s word and cherished it more than anything else. We see that in verse 16. However, Jeremiah was struggling. The people hated him. This verse that is highlighted here, we see that people hated him even more than they would have hated someone that owed them money. Jeremiah was a disgrace to…

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…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 13 How the Weeping Prophet gets his name. Read Jeremiah chapter 13. God continues to share with Jeremiah ways in which he can tell the people of the coming destruction. Jeremiah tries to demonstrate to the people with examples and visual aids. God is not playing around. God intends to destroy the people that have not been obedient to him. Still, Jeremiah can’t help but feel sorry and desperately wish that the people would do something different. He explains how after their destruction, he would weep and wail and moan because of all that the people have lost. What do we think about those people that…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 12 Why do good things happen to bad people? Read Jeremiah chapter 12. Jeremiah comes to the Lord and asks a question that many of us have desperately wondered about through the years. Why does God allow bad people to seem to flourish and have good things happen to them? Jeremiah is looking around at the people and he sees the evil and the wickedness of the disobedience, yet he sees how they have prospered and how good things have happened to them. God answers his question and shares with him that judgment is coming and God will utterly and completely judge the actions of others.…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 11 The plot. Read Jeremiah chapter 11. Jeremiah was being obedient to God and prophesying to the people exactly what God had shared with him. However, not everyone liked his message. A group of individuals made a plot to assassinate Jeremiah. God, of course, knew of the plot and made Jeremiah aware of it. How did Jeremiah respond? Jeremiah didn’t try to take vengeance himself or try to get even. Jeremiah turned them back over to God and asked that God take care of the situation. We never have to defend ourselves. No matter what we are going through, if we are following Christ and doing…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 10 God is God. Read Jeremiah chapter 10. Throughout this chapter we see God. In seeing God in all of his glory and majesty, we see him compared with idols. The comparison is ludacris because the idols are so worthless. Nothing good can come from them and the idea is that people that put their faith in trust in idols are just as worthless as the idols themselves. What we understand through seeing the greatness and majesty of God himself is just how incredible he is and how insignificant we truly are when compared with him. God is awesome and amazing. Everything we do is to…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 9 What do you boast and brag about? Read Jeremiah chapter 9. The people have sinned against the Lord. Jeremiah continues to remind them of their need to repent and turn back to him. As he shares this with them, we see that the people have been bragging and boasting about what they consider to be their greatest accomplishments. They boast of their incredible wisdom and they brag about their strength and power. God reminds them that they have nothing to boast about because the only thing worth boasting about is him. God is the one with ultimate wisdom, and God is the one with ultimate…

The Weeping Prophet, Day 8 No remorse or regret. Read Jeremiah chapter 8. As we read through here, we see God telling the people of their sin, but they don’t even care. They don’t feel any regret or remorse or even shame about the sin in their lives. How do we feel about the sin in our lives? Do we have regret or remorse? Do we recognize that what we have done grieves a holy God? These people didn’t recognized that and did not do anything differently about their sin. They saw it as a no big deal. How do we view the sin in our lives? God is holy…