O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Jeremiah 10:23
As an Old Testament lover, I love reading about God and His love for His people. The book of Jeremiah being one of my favorites tells us here how he warns Israel about following other ways, taking on customs that were fruitless and not of the Lord, as well as being lead by useless doctrines. He reminds them that men are vain; brutish in their knowledge and you are not like them because you are the portion of the inherited. It would be in their best interest to continue on in the direction of God and not cause Him to be angry by giving glory to another. Best if they would remember His power and His wisdom rules in all the earth; He utters His voice and there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. This is the God you serve and their gods have made nothing and will most definitely, without fail, perish. Your trust should be only in the God of your salvation – in His leadings and in His directions. God Himself said that He is a jealous God (Exodus 20:4-5), which simply means that He is passionate about protecting what is precious to Him. I think we all can relate, especially when it comes to our children.
In this verse, after Jeremiah has warned them, told them “who” God is and “what” He has established; he then goes to the Lord and pleads with Him on behalf of the people, putting himself in their place. He said, Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself and it is not in him to make the best decision to direct his own steps; it is not in his power to know the way that he should go in order to divert what he cannot see coming or what destruction may lie ahead in his path.
But you, O God do know; for you are a guide unto our feet and a light unto our path; it is virtually impossible for us to foresee what lies ahead, and believe me, I can speak on that today. We don’t know what our future holds or what tomorrow may bring, so we must rely on and put our trust in the Lord. We try to work things out for ourselves and we do ourselves a disservice and consequently, we either change the course from God’s original purpose; make it painful than it ought to be or we find ourselves going around in circles only to come to ourselves and realize we should have trusted and let Him lead us initially (been there, done that repeatedly). I can guarantee you that He won’t lead you astray or lead you on a road to destruction, everything the Lord does, is for our good.
So, we want to be lead of the Lord; His leading and his divine direction is always right regardless of whether or not we understand it because His thoughts and ways are not ours. He sees the overall picture of our lives; and His plan and His purpose for the development of them. If we follow His path and allow Him to direct us (Pro 3:5-6), will always be that of the right way and our walk will always be prosperous.javascript:void(0)
We all need divine direction; we can’t live or walk effectively without it!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
As an Old Testament lover, I love reading about God and His love for His people. The book of Jeremiah being one of my favorites tells us here how he warns Israel about following other ways, taking on customs that were fruitless and not of the Lord, as well as being lead by useless doctrines. He reminds them that men are vain; brutish in their knowledge and you are not like them because you are the portion of the inherited. It would be in their best interest to continue on in the direction of God and not cause Him to be angry by giving glory to another. Best if they would remember His power and His wisdom rules in all the earth; He utters His voice and there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. This is the God you serve and their gods have made nothing and will most definitely, without fail, perish. Your trust should be only in the God of your salvation – in His leadings and in His directions. God Himself said that He is a jealous God (Exodus 20:4-5), which simply means that He is passionate about protecting what is precious to Him. I think we all can relate, especially when it comes to our children.
In this verse, after Jeremiah has warned them, told them “who” God is and “what” He has established; he then goes to the Lord and pleads with Him on behalf of the people, putting himself in their place. He said, Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself and it is not in him to make the best decision to direct his own steps; it is not in his power to know the way that he should go in order to divert what he cannot see coming or what destruction may lie ahead in his path.
But you, O God do know; for you are a guide unto our feet and a light unto our path; it is virtually impossible for us to foresee what lies ahead, and believe me, I can speak on that today. We don’t know what our future holds or what tomorrow may bring, so we must rely on and put our trust in the Lord. We try to work things out for ourselves and we do ourselves a disservice and consequently, we either change the course from God’s original purpose; make it painful than it ought to be or we find ourselves going around in circles only to come to ourselves and realize we should have trusted and let Him lead us initially (been there, done that repeatedly). I can guarantee you that He won’t lead you astray or lead you on a road to destruction, everything the Lord does, is for our good.
So, we want to be lead of the Lord; His leading and his divine direction is always right regardless of whether or not we understand it because His thoughts and ways are not ours. He sees the overall picture of our lives; and His plan and His purpose for the development of them. If we follow His path and allow Him to direct us (Pro 3:5-6), will always be that of the right way and our walk will always be prosperous.javascript:void(0)
We all need divine direction; we can’t live or walk effectively without it!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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