Jeremiah 14-17 God’s Word to me…

Jeremiah has had a difficult task from the Lord. Even though he has been faithful, his heart is burdened because the people have rejected God. The time for consequences has come and God uses Jeremiah to reveal what it will be. The people have followed their leader who is corrupt and sinful. They have not listened to Jeremiah tell of the Lord and His Word. Sounds like today. God has persistently provided all the people have needed both physically and more importantly spiritually, but they have rejected the truth.  In the midst of Jeremiah’s lament he writes: “As your words came to me, I drank them in,and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.“ 

Is this how we respond when we hear bad news? Do God’s Words fill our heart with joy, which is the Fruit of the Spirit? Do we stop to think that no matter what comes our way, we respond with joy and happiness? Do we stop and say God what you bring about is from You because You are sovereign? James writes what our response should be when we are in a trial: “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,  knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” [James 1:2-4]

Application for today: be ye joyful in the midst of trials and heed the Word of the Lord.