Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents…Jeremiah 19:4 - Our chapter is another example of God using a sermon illustration to solidify His point with His people. Jeremiah was to break a clay pot in the presence of the people of Judah, and it was to represent the shattering God was to bring on them. A shattering that no one could put back together. Why? Because of the reasons above. Judah had begun to worship gods that had no history with this people. These gods never saved them from their enemies, or fed them in any wilderness, or parted any waters for them. Yet they gave all their worship to the new idols, and even went to the point of sacrificing their children to them. How hurtful this must have been to the Lord. He had done so much for His people up to this day, yet instead they choose to worship some golden idol or some stature of rock that had not, and could never, do anything for them. Let’s be sure that the God who saved us and sanctified us and provides us our daily bread is the One receiving our worship today. Not some “new god” who’s never yet done anything for us worthy of our devotion, nor could it ever do anything like that in the future. Jesus stands alone as the one worthy of our worship. Let no lesser thing that has never done anything for you be the object of your worship. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3248
Question To Ponder: What is a “new god” that someone may worship?
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