Today’s
Thought “Running Without Credentials” G. Ward
Jeremiah
33: 3 ‘Call to Me and I will answer you,
and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not
know.
The
proactive prayer our Lord offers here, is a plea to fully understand HIS
plans, not a genie in a bottle solicitation. The beautiful, emphatic language however – “great
and mighty things,” befits this era’s unfair religious usage and because many
will pull one expression of God’s provision out, they’ll neglect the
surrounding ones that shares how God’s own disobedient children were at this
time captive in a strange land - Babylonia and Holy God wreaked havoc on theirs
– Jerusalem, placing them with an unruly leader. In New Testament times, “the
wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord” (Ro.6:23) and whereas God was gracious to HIS own in
the Old Testament, offering a future hope and restoration, we honorably
proclaim, HE’S the same in the entire Truth of HIS Word; yet, the spiritual
conduit of repentance remains. Repentance is the sincere act of recognizing
wrongdoing, feeling deep sorrow, and committing to a change in direction or
behavior. Hearing from Holy God however, won’t treat HIM with contempt, because
HE alone knows if we’re being genuinely sorry in violating HIS commands. So, to
that end, I’ll see you Sunday (Heb.10:24-25)!
Father God,
we’re given many examples, both good and bad, from ordinary actors just like us
and whereas the Spirit teaches us how to correlate to striving to be Heaven’s
representative in earth, that absolutely overcomes the world, we thank You for
making us effective. The pace of time Lord, remains the same, yet seemingly
comparable to the speed of light and for some it’s conviction to cling to the
old rugged cross and for others, it’s being on the gerbil wheel, exercising in
whim and desire. So, we thank You for the gospel, which remains the perfect
resolution – through Jesus, Amen.
