Object: Fan
Word: Wind
Verse: Jeremiah 4:11 "The time is coming when the Lord will say to the people of Jerusalem, “My dear people, a burning wind is blowing in from the desert, and it’s not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain"
This verse speaks to God's coming wrath on the unrepentent and those following idols, however, it is surrounded by His plea for their repentence and His available mercy.
What I took away was 1.) an appreciation of the awesome mercy of God; 2.) no one is ever too far from God's grace; and finally, 3.) reflecting in my own life on any idols or unrepentent sin I have. Matthew Henry ponts out that true repentence comes from getting rid not only of the sin, but the love and pollution of sin. (ouch, how true).
A further interesting learning I got was from verse 10 Jeremiah utters a moment of doubt because of the troubled times. One commentary pointed out a really great saying: 'we should doubt our doubts and believe our beliefs; not believe our doubts and doubt our beliefs.' (I had to read it twice to get it fully ;-) )
Please share with us what you got...comment below or email me. :-)
In Christ, Eileen
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Beth wrote:
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting object, in that, I could only find one of my words in a concordance! My word was "cool".
My verse: Judges 3:20 "And Ehud came to him [King Eglon of Moab] while he was sitting alone in his cool summer palace roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat."
As I found out, this verse is in the midst of a story about Ehud, a Benjamite and a deliverer raised up by the Lord, who is sent by God to kill King Eglon, a very evil king who had joined forces with the Ammonites and Amalekites to gain power over Israel. The story is a part of a series of warnings and exhortations to Israel for rejecting the kingship of God Himself and for recurring cycles of disobedience and deliverance. I saw how faithful God is to deliver and how ABLE He is to deliver His people out of bondage of an evil king. No matter how rebellious a people we become, God is ready to forgive us and deliver us when we call upon Him. We, I, need that message today! I even saw the similarity of how our president has joined forces with the "Ammonites and Amalekites" of our land to gain power over our great country. But we need not fear, for God hears our cries of distress and if faithful and ABLE to deliver us!
Word: "whirlwind"
ReplyDeleteScripture: Isaiah 41:16 "Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD,[and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel".
Hebrew for wind: "ruach"
Translates: Holy Spirit.
Context: God is speaking to Israel that, as they fan their enemies, G-d's whirlwind will blow and scatter them. This will cause Israel to be glad in Him. Pretty awesome in that he uses Israel as His intrument of judgment. ANd even more awesome to know that Israel will have great reason to celebrate G-d's intended victory over their enemies.