| Jeremiah Chapter 35. I'm never going to smoke! God commanded Jeremiah to invite the Rekabite family to a side room in the house of the Lord and to offer them wine to drink. Once offered the wine, the family refused to drink it because they said their forefathers commanded them not to drink wine. Then God told Jeremiah to speak to Judah and Jerusalem saying that the Rekabite family have obeyed their forefathers completely to not drink wine and they still obey the command. But God says I have spoken to you all over and over and over again through all my Prophets and you still have not obeyed me yet. My dad smoked cigars when I was growing up as a kid. He very rarely smoked them, just on rare occasions. He smoked them when playing cards with his buddies, or if he had visitors from out of town staying at our house and they smoked cigars, and the worst was he smoked them in the car when we went on vacation. I hated that I was forced to smell smoke in the car. It made me sick. My mom thought it was a bad habit and she told us kids that if we ever took up smoking, she'd kick us out of the house. I don't think she was serious about that but as a kid growing up I came to the conclusion that I did not want to smoke and did not want to disappoint my mom. Especially if she was serious about kicking me out, lol. So I never took up smoking. And to this day, I still don't smoke. I am still following my mom's command. Her conviction has now become my conviction. What about a relationship with Jesus? God commands us to love him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Do I? Or do I let distractions interrupt my love, or do I let things of this world captivate a portion of my love? I need to seriously evaluate my life daily to ensure I'm not easily and ever so slowly distracted by Satan's temptations or attractions. So what's distracting you from your faith walk? Is it your job? Is it peer pressure? Does the lust of the flesh or lust of the eyes distract you? 1 John 2:15-16 says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world.” [Why? Because it will steal our heart from the Lord]. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, comes not from the Father but from the world.” OUCH! This is convicting to me! Where does your obedience lie? In the world and its pleasures or in Christ Jesus? |
Daily Bible Challenge: Day 780 Jeremiah Chapter 35
