Jeremiah 9 - Our Emotions

 

Jeremiah 9 – Our Emotions

 

The prophet Jeremiah was not afraid to cry. He expressed his feelings loud and clearly. His anger and grief teach us lessons about emotions and how to talk to God. Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet who mourned and cried for the people of God. He preached a message of judgment through tears that flowed from a heart of compassion.

God has not only directed us to condemn sin but to love the sinner. This gives us a wonderful example of God’s character and His compassion.

The prophet Jeremiah was not afraid that God might be offended by his honest feelings. Jeremiah’s awareness of his own feelings made him particularly sensitive to God’s expressions of disappointment and sadness. He was open to the heart of God because his own heart was open to God.

Can we truly tell God what is on our mind? Most certainly, the more we learn to communicate with God, the more we will find ourselves open to His spirit, sensitive to His corrections, and we will grow in compassion for the world.

Here are things that saddens our God almighty, divorce, abortion, murder, adultery, immorality, etc. Jeremiah gave his message in tears because he saw what God sees every day. What Jeremiah saw then is what we still see today. He said his people were adulterers, liars, deceivers. He stated that he wished he could go somewhere and not see the sins of the people.

Jesus Himself wept for Jerusalem and the people thought the prophet Jeremiah had returned.

Our nations strength is not found in riches or fame or the economy. Any strength that we do have must lie in our spiritual values, our moral values, our character and our purpose. All these values are not even taught in schools anymore. We have raised a rude generation with no moral values.

What we need today is people who know God, who know His word and is obeying it. We need to get past the illusion that we are a smart people and start doing things that glorify God. We need to pray for our next generation and for our nation itself. We need to cry for the people of the world and pray for their salvation.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah.