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Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015
Chapters: Jeremiah 18-21
Message Title: In Trouble For Nothing
Hello My Friend,
Trouble, no one wants trouble, but it's amazing how much we get into it. There are two kinds of trouble, wicked, the kind that we bring upon ourselves from sin, and righteous, the kind that comes upon us for doing what's right. We can do what we can to avoid wicked trouble, but what about righteous trouble. Regardless of what kind of trouble we get into, it's important that we seek God's help in the matter, if we confess our sins He is faithful to help us, and likewise if we come to Him for doing what's right, it may be that through our troubles others may get saved. “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:” - 2 Timothy 2:9-11.
Judah is in a wreck, there is a famine in the land, diseases popping up, and people are going crazy, much like what some of the nations are going through today. Jeremiah is still trying to get the people to understand that this is part of the judgment from God, but no one is listening. God sends him to a potter, and as he watches him shaping a piece of clay on a wheel, God speaks to him. “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.” - Jeremiah 18:6-10.
Clay, you can shape it and mold it into all sorts of designs, as long as it stays wet you can flatten it out and start over again until you get the design you want. Once the clay dries up there is no changing the design, if you try you will break it. God is the potter of every saved, born again soul, Jesus is the water, without Jesus we get all dried up, as long as we pour the water of Jesus on us daily God will mold us and shape us into the design that He wants for us. If we stop the water, we will dry up, and that's when trouble comes our way. “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” - Hebrews 10:22-24,31.
What happens after the clay is set and the pot hardens, it's useful for whatever need it has been made for. Now, what happens when it gets broken? It gets thrown away. God sends Jeremiah to break a clay pot in front the elders. These are priests and prophets who know Him, but refuse to listen. “Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:” - Jeremiah 19:1,10-12.
Tophet, means drum, it was a town east of Jerusalem where children were burnt to the false god Moloch or Baal, and the drums were used to drown their cries, it's also known as hell. I cried when I learned of this, it still breaks my heart because the same thing still goes on today, only in the form of abortion. Life, in the womb or out of it, is precious, and no one has the right to take that away in any form. We are all sinners, if we do let Jesus fill us with His water, we will get into trouble, we are going to get broken, and God will deal with us. Being saved does not give us the right to live as we please and destroy lives in the process, we must accept the responsibility for our actions. “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” - Revelation 3:19.
Now, things are starting to get crazy in Judah, people are in a stir about what is happening, and they are blaming Jeremiah. Jeremiah gets arrested, and asks God why he was the one in trouble. “O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.” - Jeremiah 20:7-9,11.
It did not take long for Jeremiah to come to his senses, realizing that God was with him, and knew exactly what was going on. Nevertheless, God answers Jeremiah with the judgment He is about to place on the city. “And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” - Jeremiah 21:8-10.
It use to bother me greatly, it still does sometimes, to see people that I know who are saved doing God knows what and enjoying life, when I am trying to do everything right and struggle every day. You know the saying, “What goes around comes around.”? That's exactly what happens. We may witness it, but those who live wicked lives will lose, while those who do not will win. Those who are saved, by the blood of Christ, are new and useful for the purpose God has made them for. In our lifetime here on earth, God molds, shapes, flattens us, and makes us into the design He wants us to be, and it is the troubles that we get into that do all this. Sometimes He might even have to break us, but He will put is back together again. “For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:” - 1 Peter 3:17,18.
Today's Prayer: God, I realize that every thing I go through is not always a punishment, but simply You molding me and shaping me just the way You want me. I know that there is no way I will ever be perfect, but I have Your perfect Son in me to help me be the vessel You want me to be. Lord, give me Your power to endure the struggles I face, give me Your strength to stand with You through them all, and heal all the broken pieces so I can be used of You for what purpose You need me. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015
Chapters: Jeremiah 18-21
Message Title: In Trouble For Nothing
Hello My Friend,
Trouble, no one wants trouble, but it's amazing how much we get into it. There are two kinds of trouble, wicked, the kind that we bring upon ourselves from sin, and righteous, the kind that comes upon us for doing what's right. We can do what we can to avoid wicked trouble, but what about righteous trouble. Regardless of what kind of trouble we get into, it's important that we seek God's help in the matter, if we confess our sins He is faithful to help us, and likewise if we come to Him for doing what's right, it may be that through our troubles others may get saved. “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:” - 2 Timothy 2:9-11.
Judah is in a wreck, there is a famine in the land, diseases popping up, and people are going crazy, much like what some of the nations are going through today. Jeremiah is still trying to get the people to understand that this is part of the judgment from God, but no one is listening. God sends him to a potter, and as he watches him shaping a piece of clay on a wheel, God speaks to him. “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.” - Jeremiah 18:6-10.
Clay, you can shape it and mold it into all sorts of designs, as long as it stays wet you can flatten it out and start over again until you get the design you want. Once the clay dries up there is no changing the design, if you try you will break it. God is the potter of every saved, born again soul, Jesus is the water, without Jesus we get all dried up, as long as we pour the water of Jesus on us daily God will mold us and shape us into the design that He wants for us. If we stop the water, we will dry up, and that's when trouble comes our way. “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” - Hebrews 10:22-24,31.
What happens after the clay is set and the pot hardens, it's useful for whatever need it has been made for. Now, what happens when it gets broken? It gets thrown away. God sends Jeremiah to break a clay pot in front the elders. These are priests and prophets who know Him, but refuse to listen. “Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:” - Jeremiah 19:1,10-12.
Tophet, means drum, it was a town east of Jerusalem where children were burnt to the false god Moloch or Baal, and the drums were used to drown their cries, it's also known as hell. I cried when I learned of this, it still breaks my heart because the same thing still goes on today, only in the form of abortion. Life, in the womb or out of it, is precious, and no one has the right to take that away in any form. We are all sinners, if we do let Jesus fill us with His water, we will get into trouble, we are going to get broken, and God will deal with us. Being saved does not give us the right to live as we please and destroy lives in the process, we must accept the responsibility for our actions. “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” - Revelation 3:19.
Now, things are starting to get crazy in Judah, people are in a stir about what is happening, and they are blaming Jeremiah. Jeremiah gets arrested, and asks God why he was the one in trouble. “O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.” - Jeremiah 20:7-9,11.
It did not take long for Jeremiah to come to his senses, realizing that God was with him, and knew exactly what was going on. Nevertheless, God answers Jeremiah with the judgment He is about to place on the city. “And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” - Jeremiah 21:8-10.
It use to bother me greatly, it still does sometimes, to see people that I know who are saved doing God knows what and enjoying life, when I am trying to do everything right and struggle every day. You know the saying, “What goes around comes around.”? That's exactly what happens. We may witness it, but those who live wicked lives will lose, while those who do not will win. Those who are saved, by the blood of Christ, are new and useful for the purpose God has made them for. In our lifetime here on earth, God molds, shapes, flattens us, and makes us into the design He wants us to be, and it is the troubles that we get into that do all this. Sometimes He might even have to break us, but He will put is back together again. “For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:” - 1 Peter 3:17,18.
Today's Prayer: God, I realize that every thing I go through is not always a punishment, but simply You molding me and shaping me just the way You want me. I know that there is no way I will ever be perfect, but I have Your perfect Son in me to help me be the vessel You want me to be. Lord, give me Your power to endure the struggles I face, give me Your strength to stand with You through them all, and heal all the broken pieces so I can be used of You for what purpose You need me. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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