Jeremiah 23 - Leaders Take Care of Their People

 

Jeremiah 23 – Leaders Take Care of Their People

 

God expects leaders of His people to be shepherds who love, guide, and care for them. But the shepherds in Judah were selfish and disloyal to God’s covenant.

 

The Kings scattered the people and did not protect them or provide for them. But one day God’s king will gather them and establish His kingdom in righteousness. The more we are like Jesus Christ today, the better we will serve others in love.

 

The prophets and priests did not give the people spiritual direction, nor were they examples of godliness. People who lack spiritual direction will lack spiritual discernment and believe anything. The false prophets invented their visions and passed them off as oracles from God. They did not get their messages from God. What they said was chaff compared to wheat.

 

No wonder false teachers are so popular! The sinful human heart does not want to be burned and broken by the fire and hammer of the Word of God. It prefers the chaff, even though chaff gives no nourishment.

 

Be sure that the people who give you spiritual counsel are called by God and obey God’s Word. The false prophets’ dreams eventually become nightmares.

 

God speaks against the leaders and rulers of our nation. He is upset because they do not take care of His people. There will come a day when Jesus will sit on the throne and the rulers of this land will no more have say in how it is handled. Wicked people cannot bring peace to this world. They may say they want peace and try to maintain peace, but they cannot do it. Only God can bring peace to mankind. Then He will separate the bad from the good.

 

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

Dr. David Jeremiah