I am using One Year Bible Online for my daily Bible study. For today, One Year Bible Online links here. I have found that by writing this daily blog of what I see when I read these scriptures, I get more out of them. I hope that by posting these ruminations others may get some benefit as well. If you have any thoughts or comments regarding these verses or what I have written about them, please post them.
Jeremiah prophecies against Moab, Ammon and Edom. He tells them that God is bringing destruction upon them because they trusted in their wealth and followed practices detestable to God. They ridiculed Israel, now they would be an object of ridicule. They were proud and boastful, God was going to put an end to their boasting. If we rely on anything besides the Lord, our end will be destruction. Each of these nations was proud of their military might and confident that their wealth would provide them a defense against trouble. They followed practices that God had declared detestable and now they were going to pay the price for their pride and sin.
We should be prepared to preach the word of God when people are receptive and even when they are not. In addition we should patiently and gently correct, rebuke and encourage those around us with careful instruction. There are many who will not listen to sound teaching but will instead seek out those who tell them what they want to hear. Let us work at carrying out the ministry that God has given us so that, like Paul, when death is near we can say that we fought the good fight and remained faithful. Then we will also be able to state with confidence that God will rescue us from every evil attack and bring us safely into His heavenly kingdom.
Sing to the Lord, the Rock of our salvation. I will give thanks and praise to the great God for all he has done. I will prostrate myself before Him because I am not worthy of His love. Listen to His voice today, He desires to bring you into His rest.
Let me sing a song to the Lord. Lord move your Spirit within me so that I will tell everyone of the wonderful things that You do. The Lord will judge the world with justice and the nations with truth. If only everyone would bow before Him and honor His name, this would be a thing of joy. For all too many God’s just judgement is a cause for terror. Lord, use me as a light to them that some of them might come to love and honor You.
A fool who spouts a wise saying is as likely to condemn himself as the one he targets. Hiring a fool or someone at random is as likely to harm your business as it is to increase your productivity. Fools do not learn from their mistakes, but often repeat them even after suffering harm from them. Even so, there is more chance of teaching a fool than of someone who thinks he is wise. O Lord, let me never think that there is anyone from whom I can learn nothing.