Jeremiah 3:6-4:31
In considering the first few chapters of Jeremiah three years ago, I concentrated on Jeremiah 3:6-11. You might want to read that post first. I’ll wait…
The questions I posed then are still very much worth considering now: Are we, in fact, devoted to the LORD with our whole heart? Or only in pretense?
If answering those questions makes us at all uncomfortable, then perhaps we need to pay that much closer attention to what Jeremiah has to say. We need to look and see how we might be like Israel and Judah, how we, too, might need to return to the LORD. For it is in the LORD alone that we have life. All else is illusory.
So listen today to how the LORD urges His people to return to Him. Listen to what He tells His people to do and consider what that means for you personally. Is there anything in you that needs to change? Have you wandered away from Him? Do you need to return?
See also: July 2 (2023) / Jeremiah 1-3.
As John noted on Sunday, Carol and I are traveling so we have uncertain Internet access along the way. But while I have it today, I wanted to add one introductory note to you about Jeremiah. As I have mentioned in our RTB gatherings, the book of Jeremiah does not follow a fixed chronological pattern. What we read on any one day may be much more related to something four days away than from yesterday. So I have downloaded the readings from Jeremiah in the order in which we read them in The Chronological Study Bible. We will still follow the reading pattern that I sent out on January 31, but if you wanted to see where any given day’s reading follows chronologically, you can check out the reading list below.
Enjoy Jeremiah! (I do!)
Blessings!