Sunday, July 28, 2013

Week 31 - Day 1

Jeremiah 24-26; Psalm 119:113-120

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Jeremiah 24-26 YouVersion(NIV)

In Jeremiah chapter 24 God uses the picture of good and bad fruit to show Jeremiah what will happen to God’s people.  God said that there was a group that were exiled (they were being punished by God for not following His ways) that He was going to bring back.  “They’ll be my people, and I’ll be their God, for they’ll have returned to me with all their hearts.”

He knew they were going to turn back to Him, so even though they were being punished, it wasn’t going to last forever.  The ones who were not ever going to turn to Him, however, would not get to go back home.
 
Jeremiah 25:30 says, “God roars like a lion from high heaven; thunder rolls out from his holy dwelling – Ear-splitting bellows against His people…”

I love The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and I love when Lucy first learns of Aslan, the lion. 

“Then, he isn’t safe?” asked Lucy.
“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver.  “Who said anything about safe?  ‘Course he isn’t safe.  But he’s good.  He’s the King, I tell you.”

God is to be feared.  He is strong and powerful and just.  But He’s good.  He’s the King, I tell you.

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