The devotional -143 - Jeremiah's Encouragement

Thought of the Day – 143 – Jeremiah’s Encouragement in the midst of Lamenting

Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. These are new every morning Great is His faithfulness, The LORD is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I will HOPE in Him! The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should HOPE and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:22-26

 

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Giving up, giving in or giving over; which do YOU prefer? Fear will cause you and me to do one of those three things when life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is threatened. Today the majority of people I know have given up to the liberal and socialistic ways that our nation is trending. Like it is OKAY to destroy the Foundational Truth of the Holy Bible and it is OKAY for our Constitution to be destroyed and OKAY to justify Evil as Good. Then when adding those who give in to those who give up the mounting crisis is painstakingly clear that our little domain of freedom and happiness is on the precipice of disaster, or out on the limb of a rotting tree.

Mark 6:1-6

Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying “where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

The Church of Jesus Christ in the United States today is lukewarm. As a nation of “so called Christians” we have given up to the unbelieving national and political corruption of unprincipled men and women and many others have given in by incorporating these evil mandates of a world view by conforming to the world, rather than seeking to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. In other words the church has reversed the Call of God found in Romans 12:1-2. The church today is no longer a sacrificial body of believers willing to proclaim or prove that, which is the good and acceptable WILL of God.

Instead many churches (not all) have barred the door of the church, oh don’t get me wrong; they will gladly let you in, pat you on the back, take your offerings and make you feel well while they become rich. The door however is barred and locked to Jesus; even though He knocks He is seldom let in. You see I believe like many that this nation (The United State of America; is a Christian nation) yet we are very much like the nation seen through the eyes of a young man named Mark.

Jesus was rejected in Nazareth; as these citizens seen Jesus in that He was nothing more than a carpenter, who had brothers and sisters (by the way, HE DID) but these men and women were His half-brothers and sisters who had the same mother. Now as simple as it gets at least for me, is that as a nation we have allowed the half-truth of religion; like… (Mary the mother of God) which is a false teaching that today places Mary the mother of Jesus in the church and Jesus the Son of God outside.

Of course this “false teaching” is just a small beginning since in today’s corrupted theology it is okay to be an atheist or agnostic in that if you are God will still accept you into heaven. “Bosh Humbug” or “nonsense this is fraud” Also it is okay now to be a man, married to another man, or a woman married to another woman and it is okay to kill infant children in the womb; This also is nonsense and fraud.

Such are the changes applied by many church going people because their leaders have agreed with the world. These have rejected the Builder of the City that the remnant, those of us who have given over to Jesus through faith and sanctification are looking to the future. These are the one’s whom God calls the FAITHFUL; Hebrews 11:1-16.

We are not willing to give up or give in to the world view, we are however willing to give over every weight and sin which easily ensnares us, faithfully running the race with endurance. Looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of FAITH, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the suffering of the Cross, who despised the shame, but who is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. He is the faithful High Priest who is the LORD. Need I say more?