Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful in His purpose; we need to see God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His economy and realize that He is faithful to remove our idols and bring us back to Himself as the fountain of living waters. The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations show us both how we are unfaithful […]
Being Exposed of having Idols in our Heart and Returning to God to Drink and Enjoy Him
The evil condition of a wicked person is that they don’t come to the Lord to eat and enjoy Him; rather, they may do many things, but they don’t drink Him, and they have idols in their heart, seeking after God yet still having other things and matters that they worship. As believers in Christ, […]
Come to the Lord as the Smitten Rock to Drink the Spirit as the Living Water Flowing
Even though Jeremiah speaks so much concerning Israel’s sin and God’s wrath, chastisement, and punishment, in this book we also see that God’s intention in His economy is to be the fountain, the source, of living waters to dispense Himself into His chosen people for their satisfaction and enjoyment to produce the church as God’s […]
God made Christ our Righteousness: we can Receive Christ as our Life and Everything
The third matter in the kernel of the book of Jeremiah is what Christ is to us; He is the righteous Shoot, the Shoot of David, and He is Jehovah our righteousness – He became a man, died for us, became our righteousness, and came into us as the law of the Spirit of life. […]
As we have a Deep Concern for others, God makes our Tears into a Spring: the Spirit!
The best way to care for others is by having a deep concern for them, being concerned for their well-being and going on; furthermore, when we in the church life pass through the valley of weeping, God makes this valley a spring, which is the Spirit. In ourselves we may not really be that emotional […]
Caring for others by being Filled with the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life
Paul’s writing and expression toward the believers was tender and filled with the intimate concern of the ministering life; he didn’t just rebuke or exhort, but he wept, he exhorted with tears, and he was intimately concerned for the saints. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet; we could say that by nature he was […]
Having Spiritual Emotions and being Tenderhearted for God to be Expressed through us
In order that God may be fully expressed through us, we need to have spiritual emotions and be tenderhearted with one another, and we need to be able to serve God with tears, even as Jeremiah and Paul also did. Amen! We don’t know when the Lord’s return takes place; we don’t know when His […]