Sunday 4 Sep 2022

September 4: Jeremiah 18:3-11

Key Verse: Jeremiah 18:8
and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

Devotion:
This passage tells us of God’s great mercy and also His holiness! No matter what we have done wrong, whether it be as a nation, community or by ourselves, God is always willing to forgive us when we admit to what we have done wrong and ask for forgiveness. When Jeremiah received these words it was to show him Judah could be forgiven if they were to come back to Him and ask forgiveness; but equally, if they were to turn away from Him, then He would turn His back on them!

God may have chosen the Israelites as His chosen race, but when they turned their backs on Him and did all manner of sins against Him, He had to show them He is Holy and cannot abide the sin. But when they turned their backs on the sin and turned back to Him, He would show them mercy beyond their understanding!

Time and time again the people of Israel turned away from God and had to face all manner of things going wrong because they were walking away from God at the time. But as soon as they turned back to Him, they prospered and were able to live with His great blessings once again.

It is not God who is changing, but us. We are the ones falling in and out of grace because of the lives we choose to live. Once we turn back to Christ, our lives change once again and we begin to live the blessed life He wants us to have.

Points to Ponder:
Do you keep changing your love for God?

Will you try to be more consistent with your love for Him?