“I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.”
Jeremiah 2 : 7 (New King James Version)
The Lord led Israel through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits , through a land of drought and the shadow of death, through a land that no one crossed. The Lord brought Israel into a bountiful country. God brought them there as a blessing. The country was a blessing to the people of Israel. But what did Israel do ? They defiled it !
They transformed a blessing into an abomination !
How many of us find ourselves in that very same situation today ? What God ordained as a blessing we have turned it into an abomination ! That relationship which was supposed to be for the glory of God has now become sinful in nature, that job which is to be a blessing has now become an idol , the house which God blessed you with which was supposed to be a house of prayer now has alcohol and sin residing in it … What have we done !!
We read in verse 11 “Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit” . The Israelites traded their Glory for what does not profit. What are we doing today ? See how the Lord says “My people”… We who are His people… have done what ? Changed our Glory…the glory of God that is to reside upon us, within us , to shine through us… what have we done ? We have traded it for what does not profit.
We read in verse 13 “For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns – broken cisterns that can hold no water.” They have forsaken God who is the fountain of living waters ! Just imagine that … walking away from the fountain of living waters. And hewn what ? Broken cisterns that can hold no water . My dear brothers and sisters in Christ , are we in the same state ourselves ? Have we turned God’s blessing into an abomination ? Have we traded in Glory for something of no profit? Have we forsaken God, the fountain of living waters and now find ourselves with broken cisterns ?
What happens if we do not repent and do not seek His forgiveness but continue in this sinful path ? We read in verse 19 “Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you.” Says the Lord God is hosts.”
God Bless
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