R³ Devotional - Day 229
R³ Devotional - Day 229 - Jeremiah 35: 12-17
By: Anderson Baptist Church
Being a father is one of the greatest blessings God has allowed me to have. Having two boys to raise has been a joy and a wonderful experience. They make me laugh, they surprise me every day with their creativity, and they also make me go crazy!
Yes, as most of you know, parenting is such a blessing, but it comes with days when you just want to pull your hair out. This has taught me so much about our relationship with God. If we are honest with ourselves, we are probably acting in ways that God might be “pulling out his hair.”
This is what the Lord is admonishing the people of Israel who have not been able to obey! In vs 15 God even tells them, I have sent my prophets, I have warned you many times, and still you did not listen. That sounds almost the same to what I tell my kids when they do not obey. Does that sound familiar to you as well?
God always gives us his word for us to know what he wants from us. He wants us to come to him, to repent and obey his commandments. But if we are not able to listen, we will fall into the consequences of our actions. The people of Israel were given into disaster because of their actions.
The Israelites continued their life in disobedience (Jeremiah 36:23, Jeremiah 37:2), but God wants something different from us. He has welcomed us into his family, and we are now his children. His only desire from us is our devotion and obedience. That is our greatest act of worship to him.
Real: Life Principles
Relevant: Life Applications
Ready: Life Action Steps
Yes, as most of you know, parenting is such a blessing, but it comes with days when you just want to pull your hair out. This has taught me so much about our relationship with God. If we are honest with ourselves, we are probably acting in ways that God might be “pulling out his hair.”
This is what the Lord is admonishing the people of Israel who have not been able to obey! In vs 15 God even tells them, I have sent my prophets, I have warned you many times, and still you did not listen. That sounds almost the same to what I tell my kids when they do not obey. Does that sound familiar to you as well?
God always gives us his word for us to know what he wants from us. He wants us to come to him, to repent and obey his commandments. But if we are not able to listen, we will fall into the consequences of our actions. The people of Israel were given into disaster because of their actions.
The Israelites continued their life in disobedience (Jeremiah 36:23, Jeremiah 37:2), but God wants something different from us. He has welcomed us into his family, and we are now his children. His only desire from us is our devotion and obedience. That is our greatest act of worship to him.
Real: Life Principles
- When we obey God’s word and devote ourselves to Him, it is an act of true worship to the one and only God.
- As believers, we need to know that our acts of disobedience can bring consequences. But we must also know that we have a just and forgiving God who, if we repent and come back to him, will receive us with open arms.
Relevant: Life Applications
- Practice true worship in your life. Live a life of devotion to him, obeying his commandments and following his word.
- When our kids get in trouble for disobeying us, we may admonish them or sometimes even punish them, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love them. It’s the opposite, you love them so much, you want them to be better.
Ready: Life Action Steps
- How can we obey God? First, we need to know what to obey. Let’s open his word and get to know what it is that he wants from us.
- As we live our lives as a parent, let’s share the love, the admonition, and also the grace that God shows us as a father with out kids.
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