The people of Jerusalem, back in Jeremiah's day, had forgotten God and He was more than frustrated. You can imagine how it galled Him that, after blessing them with the Promised Land for all their generations, they forgot how real He is and worshipped false gods, who could never give them anything. He offers them one last chance in Jeremiah, chapter 7: 5 "For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever."
It occurs to me that we, also, exchange the forever place God has given us for temporary and very short -sighted satisfactions. In His Son, the Father has caused us to dwell in the heavenly dimension. We have come to realize that we are citizens of Heaven with lives that will extend to eternity and with purpose that transcends our brief stay on the planet. Why would we embrace the same false and shallow "gods" that unbelievers share. Why do we exchange forever for scraps?
blessings,
Rob Smith
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