Faith and trust in God and what he says - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Jeremiah 43:4,

"So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord's command to stay in the land of Judah."

The Lord had Jeremiah tell the remnant of Judah to remain in the land and not flee to Egypt. Having rejected this direction, they took Jeremiah and fled there. These would find, following all that had already happened, that rejecting the Lord has its consequences.

Perhaps this is overly obvious, but their rejection of what God told them to do manifested a lack of trust and belief in God on their part. God warned them of death by sword, famine and plague if they fled to Egypt, but they went nonetheless.

Going to Egypt is not a sinful thing to do... unless it involves rejecting what God has told us. It is the very same sin that Adam and Eve committed. God tells us something, and we reject it and do whatever it is we want instead. It displays a lack of faith and trust in God.

Sometimes the do-gooders among us miss that point. In the effort of amassing all of the dos and don'ts, the critical point of faith and trust in God gets lost in the shuffle. Just keep all the dos and don'ts and we are thought to be fine, when the issue at hand really is faith and trust in God and what he tells us.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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Trevor Fisk

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