We have this affection for ourselves, for our old life. We do not really want it to die. We want to help it, to change it, to rehabilitate it, and we want God to share our sympathy with self. This is as when Abram prayed that God would bless Ishmael, the fruit of his flesh…
Tag: Jeremiah
Fire Shut up in My Bones
“So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long. But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed,…
The Name
“For the sake of your name do not despise us” (Jeremiah 14:21). Glancing through the scriptures, it becomes clear that Jeremiah is not merely appealing to the Lord’s reputation in this verse: “…our redeemer from of old is your name” (Isaiah 63:16; 1 Peter 1:18, 19); “Help us, O God our savior, for the…
Inflation: Jeremiah 12
“Why do all the faithless live at ease?…You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. …
The Sound of Wailing: Jeremiah 9
“The sound of wailing is heard from Zion: How ruined we are! How great is our shame!” (Jer. 9:19) Throughout scripture, wailing is common when the Lord comes in judgment and leaves no hope of escape or recovery. There was wailing when all the first-born were slain in Egypt, and in John’s…
The Need for Ante-creation: Jeremiah 4 & 5
Picture by Patrick Murphy: http://inspiredsketch.blogspot.com/ An excerpt from my booklet entitled, “Jeremiah: Fire Shut up in My Bones.” *** “I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone…I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away. I looked,…
The Voice of One 