RTW August 24

There’s No Pass On Obedience

“Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.’ “
Jeremiah 32:7

 

 

My Takeaways

Something Old

God:

  • Will speak in captivity
  • Expects us to obey in captivity
  • Will tell us the things we need to know (Jeremiah 33:3)
  • Bring joy after captivity (Jeremiah 33:6-9)

Something New

Spiritual exile/isolation does not give me a pass on obedience.

Something to do

Obey. Period. The end. I’m seeing a common theme.

 

 

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3 Comments

  1. Obey even in spiritual exile or isolation. Listen for God to speak to us even when in exile. Thank you Wendy for these good reminders.
    Speaking to myself now…Debbie, this means to not have an attitude, this means not to cry poor me, this means not to sit in anger, but rather when in exile, open my heart so that I can hear God when he speaks! See my times of spiritual exile as times of learning and becoming closer to my Heavenly Father.
    I also like following these thoughts with Jeremiah 32:37-40, the promise of restoration. God restores after exile – such an affirmation! I am so grateful that God finds me worthy of restoration.

  2. My Takeaways: The Never Ending Love of God

    Something Old: Most of what I read today was not new. But I was reminded of the Lord’s faithfulness. “Everything has happened just as He said it would” (32:24). The nation had fallen, the Babylonians had come, and the people were carried into exile. All of this happened, as He said it would, they would return home, the city and nation would be rebuilt, and the Messiah would come to restore all things. “I am the Lord, God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything to hard for Me?” (32:27).
    “Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me”

    Something New: In Jeremiah 32:36-44 and 33:1-36, God makes at least twenty-three “I will” statements of determined good toward His people.
    God’s love for His people continues in spite of Israel’s chronic rebellion.
    God never forgets his promises and continues to shower His love. He will not give up on me. He pursues me with an everlasting love.

    Something To Do: Trust God’s promises and love Him above everything else.

  3. I could so identify with what Wendy said in her lesson on “sometimes God lets you live out the consequences of your disobedience”. It happened to me. I feel now that He allowed it in terms like “you know this is not good, you know this is going to harm you and you know that I cannot possible agree on this. You know there will be consequences, but I am gonna let you do it. You must learn it by yourself, you don’t believe me anyways”. And so it went. And yes I discovered that this was not the path for me. I found out in a very painful way that my choices were very destructive and I am now on my way back. I am so grateful that God forgives and that God restores. He has mercy when you turn back to Him. Today in church a sister in Christ reminded me of the prodigal Son and said that God is so happy to see me back. That is all that matters now. The valley of misery will not be crossed any time soon because there is some mess to be cleaned up but with Gods help and with the help of my family in Christ I know that I can make it. I am so full of thankfulness and finally able to pray again and to see some light in the darkness!! Praise God!!!

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