Jeremiah 5:14-25  "The Lord, the God of hosts".. proclaimed His judgement over Judah.. " Behold I am making My words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will consume them." 

He would bring an "enduring nation.. an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know.. " against Judah.  They would come and devour their food and their harvest. They would devour their sons and their daughters.  They would devour their flocks and herds.. their vines and fig trees.. and they would demolish their cities.   Everything that the people counted on and trusted in.. would be taken away.  "And it shall come about when they say, ' Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' then you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.' " 

Yet, once again, the Lord promised, " I will not make you a complete destruction." (v18) 

We live in a nation that has also greatly forsaken the Lord, the God of hosts.  We trust in our abundance of food.. our wealth measured in assets of land, businesses, money, or fame.  We wonder at the disasters.. the fires, hurricanes, earthquakes.. illnesses.. and cannot understand a God who would allow such things.  We do not recognize the Truth at all.  So we refuse to believe that He even exists. 

"Hear this.. O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not; who have ears, but hear not. Do you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble in My presence?" 

The Lord, the God of hosts is the One who "placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it."  Climate change or not... God's decrees will stand! This is our God!

"But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and departed. they do not say in their heart, 'Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain in its season, both the autumn rain and the spring rain, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'"   He speaks to Judah.. but this truth is for our land just as well. 

"Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have withheld good from you." 

Father, open the blinded eyes of people across this nation.. we have foolish and senseless leaders who have forsaken You.. who have not understood that all things come from Your Hand and that You alone can determine the future prosperity of a nation.  Thank You for always providing a way.. for a remnant to survive.. believers who will stand firm in the midst of stubborn, foolish, and rebellious people.  Help our nation, Lord, to turn back.. to repent.. and to once again tremble in Your Presence.  We ask this in the Name of Jesus, who is given authority over all things and every nation. Amen.