Tuesday, September 5, 2023

 Jeremiah 10  "Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you...

The "way of the nations" are "stupid and foolish" (v8)  God's people need not be "terrified by the signs of the heavens".  Nor should they take up the "customs of the peoples"  which are "delusions". 

The "gods" of the nations are delusions.. empty, useless, and deceptive:

"Because it is wood cut from the forest.. they decorate it with silver and gold;  they fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not totter. Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, and they cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, nor can they do any good."

In comparison "There is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou are great and great is Thy name in might."  Jeremiah goes on to describe the Lord, "But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure His indignation...  It is He who make the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens. When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, and brings out the wind from His storehouses." 

O Praise the Name of our great God.. the Lord, Jehovah.. Yahweh.. for He alone is God.. the Maker of heaven and earth.. and there is no other!  Does this Word thrill your heart?  We do not fear.. because the Lord is the living God and everlasting King!  Everything.. every hurricane.. every storm.. every illness.. every trouble.. is subject to His Mighty power!  Hallelujah!  We have a Maker.. and He calls us by name. 

Father in heaven, let Your will be done!  Let Your kingdom come.. Let Your Name be honored in all the earth. Come Lord Jesus!  Amen. 

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