We dont need you
August 3, 2006 | 12:00am
What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, have followed idols, and have become idolaters? Jeremiah 2:5
Theres a story about a group of scientists who decided that humans could do without God. So one of them looked up to God and said, "Weve decided that we no longer need You. We have enough wisdom to clone people and do many miraculous things."
God listened patiently and then said, "Very well, lets have a man-making contest. Well do it just like I did back in the old days with Adam." The scientists agreed, and one of them bent down and picked up a handful of dirt. God looked at him and said, "No! You have to make your own dirt!"
In Jeremiahs day, the Israelites were living as if they no longer needed the Lord. They had entrusted themselves to other gods, even though their gods could not respond to their needs. Jeremiah confronted them about their rebellion, for they had forsaken the true God and shown disrespect for Him (Jeremiah 2:13, 19).
Are we guilty of living as if we dont need God? We may know Him as our Savior but be worshipping the idol of our own wisdom or self-sufficiency. Could the Lord be saying of us, "They have gone far from Me"? (2:5).
Living far from God dishonors and displeases Him, and it will never meet our deepest needs. But we can return to Him today (3:7). Anne Cetas
Unless we worship only God
Our lives cannot be truly free;
For we were made for Him alone
All else is but idolatry. D. De Haan
READ: Jeremiah 2:5-13
The idol of self is a sorry substitute for God.
Theres a story about a group of scientists who decided that humans could do without God. So one of them looked up to God and said, "Weve decided that we no longer need You. We have enough wisdom to clone people and do many miraculous things."
God listened patiently and then said, "Very well, lets have a man-making contest. Well do it just like I did back in the old days with Adam." The scientists agreed, and one of them bent down and picked up a handful of dirt. God looked at him and said, "No! You have to make your own dirt!"
In Jeremiahs day, the Israelites were living as if they no longer needed the Lord. They had entrusted themselves to other gods, even though their gods could not respond to their needs. Jeremiah confronted them about their rebellion, for they had forsaken the true God and shown disrespect for Him (Jeremiah 2:13, 19).
Are we guilty of living as if we dont need God? We may know Him as our Savior but be worshipping the idol of our own wisdom or self-sufficiency. Could the Lord be saying of us, "They have gone far from Me"? (2:5).
Living far from God dishonors and displeases Him, and it will never meet our deepest needs. But we can return to Him today (3:7). Anne Cetas
Unless we worship only God
Our lives cannot be truly free;
For we were made for Him alone
All else is but idolatry. D. De Haan
READ: Jeremiah 2:5-13
The idol of self is a sorry substitute for God.
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