And if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things come upon me?’ it is for the greatness of your iniquity that your skirts are lifted up and you suffer violence. Jeremiah 13:22 – As a believer one of the aspects to our faith life is helping others see the consequences that will follow their choice of sin. Yet this is often not something we desire to do, especially when we accept the depths of pain someone may go through as a result of their sin. Take the verse above, we have the audience of Jeremiah in his prophecy asking the question “why have all these horrible things come upon me?” We see then the violent image Jeremiah used to describe the pains that were to come for the people. The image is of a lady having her clothes ripped off and violently ravished. Truly horrible images being depicted, and once again, why was such a future for the nation of Judah? It was because their sin was so great and they refused to turn away from them. Through His prophets the Lord was repeatedly telling them the sort of pain they would experience due to their sin, but they refused to listen and eventually experienced all the pain that was foretold. Our role is much like Jeremiah’s, we are to help people in our life see the pain a choice of sin will lead to so they can have the proper information to make the right decision. Yes, they may still choose to pursue sin like the people in Jeremiah’s day, but it wasn’t because they weren’t told of the foolishness of that choice. We can’t control the paths that people take in life, but our role is to help them see the path of following Jesus is available to them and any other path will lead to their harm. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3242
Question To Ponder: Why do paths pursuing sin result in our pain?
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