You need to turn in Direction towards God!!
Blessings brother of steemchurch,
I am delighted by the way God directed some specific words for the Nation of Isrrael.
Be converted, rebellious children, says the Lord: for I will betroth you and I will take you, one from one city and two from a generation: and I will take you to Zion. Jeremiah 3:14.
Return, rebellious children, cure your rebellions. Here it comes, we saw you: because you are the Lord, our God. Jeremiah 3:22.
If you return, O Israel, says the Lord, you will return to me; and if you take away your abominations before me, you will no longer wander. Jeremiah 4: 1
Go back to God.
Friends, the prophet Jeremiah had received a message from God for the people of Israel, affirming that one day, when they would unite again in true worship, it would be restored.
It was an honest message. They knew the goodness and love of God, because he always gave them the best advice and the restoration between them would be very positive.
This message is also addressed to the Church today. If the people want God to use mercy and stop the calamities that we are living, and that day by day have been accentuated, there is certainly a concert to be done and it is urgent to act before it is too late.
Our world glorifies earthly riches, idolatry and the pleasures of the flesh. Despair in the emotions of sin, and it is really sad that so few discover the path of life: turning towards God.
Human blindness, caused by the power of Satan, (prince of this world), if it does not change, will lead man to ruin. As we have observed, God (as he did with Israel), wants to give a new opportunity, and for that they have to change course and try to hear and practice their will. The prophet Hosea, after the prophecies of Jeremiah, affirmed:
"My people are destroyed, because they lack knowledge". Hosea 4: 6.
Then in a well-considered council, he invited them:
"Come and let us do the Lord, He has torn us apart, but He will heal us: He made the wound, but He will bind it." Hosea 6: 1.
This was the second opportunity for the people of Israel, which would later be transmitted to our generations. The Apostle Peter, with authority also spoke for the people:
"Repent, then, and repent, that your sins may be blotted out, and thus come the times of refreshing by the presence of the Lord." Acts of the Apostles 3:19.
A cry for repentance to live in peace, stability, well-being and with the continued presence of our Creator.
It is a great privilege to be a genuine Christian. Believe in the Word of God and not have to face the terrible nightmare of sin that is dragging millions into hell. We will all have one day to face the Court of Christ, but to live a life of peace, the process has already begun here.
Today, as Jesus predicted, the worst is in the midst of the people:
"And because iniquity multiplies, the love of many will grow cold." Matthew 24:12
Beloved, try to read the entire Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. You will realize that the people had the desire to change, but, as it is written, it was a stubborn and forgotten people. By the force of continually disobeying God and sinning in all ways, He had left them to their pleasures.
Imagine ourselves, that we know that without God we can do nothing, what would be our miserable situation in a world in constant conflict.
Israel, like our days: they used, they repeated the name of God, but only by mouth: He rejected them, and we can really perceive, when Jeremiah interceded for them, the answer of God.
Perhaps the innumerable activities that we have assumed have moved us away from the goal and our first purposes, but God offers us the opportunity to begin again. And this is the moment! Remembering that the Lord is much more interested in our hearts than in the works we do in His name. Let us review life and let ourselves be led by His love.
Resteem
EC
Thank you for these wise words SteemChurch, blessings