Good counsel, on turning
to God’s strength, was given to them during all the sinful behavior found in
Jeremiah 6, but they would not follow it. Do we follow God’s counsel?
Here are three ways to experience His strength:
1.
Learn to heed God’s warnings. Jeremiah 6:8 - Take warning, Jerusalem, or I
will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in
it.” Instead they disregard the warnings by pretending everything is okay.
Jeremiah
6:14 - They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.
God’s teaching - Hebrews 13:9 - Do
not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by man-made rules and teachings. We need to trust God and His truth!
2. Look
for God’s plan. Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the
crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is,
and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will
not walk in it.’
Jesus’ plan - Mark 12:33 - To love God with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as
yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
We must obey! "Obedience leads to righteousness” – Romans 6:16
3.
Listen to God’s spokesmen. Jeremiah 6:17 - I appointed watchmen over you and
said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But you said, ‘We will
not listen.’
Real strength - Psalm 84:5 - Blessed are those who find strength in you. Their
hearts are on the road that leads to you. Turn to teaching that leads you to God and is not
contrary to it. This is an act of faith!
Are you
willing to pray Psalm 26:2? - Test me, Lord,
and try me, examine my heart and my mind…
