Bible In 90 Days – Day 54
Reading: Jeremiah 1:1 – Jeremiah 10:13
Take Away(s):
- Chose. 1:5. Just a cool thing…my bible has a note that the word”knew” also can be “chose.” Just like Psalm 139 – hugely profound and personal.
- Rescue. 1:8. I think if we were writing this (or our own personal story), this would read, “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue ensure nothing bad, uncomfortable, stressful, hurtful, harmful, etc. happens you,” declares the LORD. There is safety in God – even security, but He doesn’t guarantee a life free from – well “life”.
- Braveheart! 1:17-19. As I read this, it made Mel Gibson’s Braveheart pep talk seem like a “little girl!” I think when we live life and are having a hard time, we sometimes we forget God is FOR US! Skip ahead to the New Testament:
- Where is God? 2:5-8. As I read this passage, as a ministry leader and elder at our church I was pretty convicted. I wrote in the margin of my Bible, “As a leader at church, where is God in my program or ministry?” God, I pray that amid my striving for excellence for You in all that I do at church, You would not be lost or forgotten.
- Though we try, we can’t. 2:22. No mater how we try, no matter what we try – WE cannot cleanse our sin. Thank you God for offering Your Son!
- Harsh, but TRUE. 3:3b-5. Harsh illustration, but how often we do just the same with our sin. “Look at me God…see what I’m doing! Just forget the poor attitude or wrong motive I had a day…OK, a second ago.”
- Outward vs. Inward. 4:4. The Israelites obeyed outwardly (circumcision) but not inwardly. How often we put on a show of obedience for God (even though He is not fooled) and others (who can be fooled, most of the time) – all the while having a heart that is completely opposite. Forgive me for this Lord.
- Offensive. 6:10. How often, God’s Word is like an offense to us – it goes against what WE think is right or pleasurable as humans.
- Honesty in Leadership. 8:11. The temptation, as leaders, is to forgo the hard and awkward task of being honest and truthful with people (in love of course and according to New Testament principles). We wrongly say “it’s OK. You’re OK.” When, in many cases, they probably need to actually hear the exact opposite. Makes me think of some of the flat-out honest comments that some of the Judges made to Israel and Judah. May I have courage and love in this area. NOTE: I know this is an area that is so much broader than this single paragraph…but this is certainly a starting point.
- Boast. 9:23:24. May my boast always be of the Lord and not myself.
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