They
had turned away from the Lord. They had chosen to go their own way
(Jeremiah 2:13). When, Lord, our message isn’t popular, help us to
remember that it’s Your message – not ours. You have not called us to
preach a superficial message. You’ve called us to preach a searching
message. We are to invite our hearers to think about what their wrong
choices were doing to them: ‘Have you not brought this on yourselves by
forsaking the Lord your God when He led you in the way?’ (Jeremiah
2:17). We are to leave them in no doubt about where their wrong choices
are leading them – ‘“Your own evil will punish you, and your turning
from Me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to
abandon Me, the Lord your God, and no longer to remain faithful to Me”,
I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken’ (Jeremiah 2:19). This
isn’t what people want to hear. It’s what they need to hear. Help us to
be faithful to You – even when it’s difficult and discouragement is
never very far away from us.
Often, Lord, we feel like David - facing Goliath (1 Samuel 17). Everything seems too much for us. Was Goliath too much for David? He wasn't too much for You - and You were on David's side. We're not alone. Help us to remember this. When we feel weak, help us to remember that You are strong - and Your strength has been given to us. Thank You, Lord.
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