God is Calling You

Day 197

Reading: Jeremiah 4:1 - Jeremiah 8:22

The difference between a storybook and the Bible is that the Bible comes alive. The Word of God comes alive in many ways. One way is that we receive a conviction in our hearts. This conviction is by the Holy Spirit pointing out an issue where we need to align with the standards of God. You see if your heart is not sensitive to the things of God you will not realise when God is trying to call you back to Him. My dear friend as I read the passage for today I came under conviction. Let me share what convicted me.

Firstly, God desires we break up the fallow ground of our hearts. Circumcise your heart and remove the skin that which is not needed. God desires we walk in covenant with Him. When God made a covenant with Abraham he made him circumcise all the males as a sign of the covenant God had made with him. The state of your heart reveals whether you have cut a covenant with God. Remove whatever is covering your heart and allow God to have your all.

Secondly, many today have listened to liars in the name of priests and prophets. These liars as Jeremiah calls them have prophesied peace yet peace was nowhere near. As I read this I asked myself whether I have encouraged someone to believe in what was wrong. Child of God the world is getting darker and darker by the day. Don't assume all will be the old days. Prepare yourself for a shaking of the nations. Nations that have forgotten God will soon realise who is God. The Psalmist declared that all nations will bow and worship God Psalms 86:9. Trouble is filling this earth and any believer whose trust is in God will discover that they are in trouble. Place your trust in God.

Thirdly, God is warning you and me of the failings of not being obedient to His Word. When we are going to church just to please yourself and not God then know that judgement is nearby. You and I need to understand that God is good however we cannot keep abusing His goodness and mercy thinking we can live as we please. God desires we amend our ways and walk uprightly. We must become willing to receive God's instruction without choosing what we want to hear or do. Remember God is the Judge and all our actions will be judged by Him. What may be pleasing you now may be annoying God and the consequences are there. I know we in this dispensation of grace will argue against this, however, God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Lastly, God desires you know that He is the Balm of Gilead where you will receive healing. My prayer is that every believer will run to the Balm of Gilead where you will receive healing in every area of life. God desires to heal you. Run to Him, ask Him the old paths and walk in them as you watch Him cause you to dwell in the land of greatness, health and joy.

Memory Verse: Jeremiah 6:16

Decree:

Jeremiah 7:5-7

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, 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, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. (italics mine)

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