Jeremiah 9 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

And the Lord says: “Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, ¹⁴ but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.  Jeremiah 9:13-14 – The prophet is heavily grieved by what he is seeing with his people, so grieved that the start of the chapter is him declaring he doesn’t even have enough time or tears to mourn over them like he’d want to. Why was he so grieved, because he knew what was ahead for his people because of their sin. As we see in our verses above, they turned from following the law and chose something different to follow…their own heart. Whatever felt right to their heart and gave their heart the most fulfillment is what they went after. Where that led them is where we see scripture repeatedly revealing to us where a following of the heart will land us, straight into sin. Their heart led them to the worship of the false gods of the neighboring nations, and this was the exact example their fathers left them. Their fathers followed their heart to sin, now the children followed their heart towards sin. Let this be a lesson to us today that the choice we make on what/who we follow will instruct others on what/who they should follow. If we are committed to following every inclination of our heart, while that will certainly lead us far from God, it will also teach others to follow every inclination of their heart. Yet if we choose to set the Lord as what we follow, then others will learn from that example too. Let’s ask ourselves what/who have we been following with our lives, then ask who has been impacted already by that choice? While we can’t undo past choices to follow something other than God, we can make that choice to follow Him wholeheartedly today and let that be the example of the rest of our lives. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3238

Question To Ponder: Why is our heart such a bad source to follow?

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