Jeremiah 25   He spent 23 years giving the same message.. "Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the Lord has given to you... and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands." (v5-6)

"Yet you have not listened....in order that you might provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm." (v7)

There is a cup.. that contains all of God's wrath against sin.. a cup that every nation will drink, Jeremiah wrote.. a cup that will cause men to reel, fall, and rise no more. (v27)

This passage always makes me think of Gethsamane.. Jesus prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt." (Matthew 26:39-42)

Jesus drank the cup of God's wrath.. because we provoked the Father to anger.. because we would not listen.. because of the work of our hands.. He took it for us.

Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Father in heaven.. forgive us our sins, our trespasses, our evil ways. Turn our hearts back to You.. turn our ears to hear Your Word, and turn our wills.. that we might use our hands and feet and voices to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ the Lord. You are a God of compassion and mercy.. yet we know that You are a God who will bring judgement on all the earth. There are so many that are still not listening.. still using their hands to their own harm.  Send forth workers into the harvest field, Lord... that more people will come to repentance and turn to Jesus Christ who died for their sins.  Amen!