Lamentations 4 - A Meditation

 

Lamentations 4 – A Meditation

 

Jeremiah is sitting among the ashes and is giving a doomsday message. We must remember that God never forgets to be merciful. In wartime, it is evident that many of our finest people will be taken to their grave. Jeremiah spoke of those people as gold vessels turned into earthen clays. We are all earthen vessels not to be thought of ourselves more highly as we should. This is a statement the Apostle Paul made.

 

When we think of that then we know we are merely clay vessels. It doesn’t matter what material we are made of it is how we use our vessels. Are we vessels for the master’s use of for our own use?

 

When Jesus gave the people wine to drink out of old pots it was an analogy that we are as old pots, and the wine represented the word of God.  If we fill ourselves up with the Word of God, then He can use us.

 

When God judged Jerusalem, it was worse than His judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. Why? Because they were destroyed by immorality while Jerusalem was destroyed because they worshiped other gods. It is far worse for someone to know the Word of God and do nothing about it than it is for a heathen.

 

Jeremiah was a prophet of God and preached to the people but they didn’t listen so God judged them for that. God has scattered the nation of Israel and has been scattered worldwide for nearly two thousand years. All they need to do is turn back to God and He will restore them to their land. If we find ourselves turning away from God and His Word, then be assured that God is waiting for you with open arms and will take you back to a better relationship than the one you had before.

 

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