CROSS-ROADS
Judgment is looming for Jerusalem, an army is coming, we are reading gloomy chapters at the moment.
However yet again there are hidden pearls of treasure if we would slow our pace of reading.
Jerusalem did not see these pearls, will we?
JEREMIAH 6
This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ v16
Stand and look
I have just watched a tv debate where an atheist used the theory that because she can speak to someone on her mobile device in Australia in a second only shows that those who still hold to old-fashioned beliefs such as God are bonkers. The advancement of technology, it’s speed, attention to detail, it’s accuracy is truly startling. But God is asking you to slow it down. To stop. Find some time to stand and look. Observe and view what can not be viewed at 70mph.
Ask and walk
What did we do before the satnav? We asked for directions. Except if you are a man in which case we got lost. Men are so thankful for this development for to ask stupidly appears weak. We know the way. We know what to do. Leave it to me. But all that is fallacy. God says ask about the ancient paths. How did the older generation walk with God? What values did they hold to? What decisions did they make? Walk in these ways. Not all that is modern is best.
Rest not fight
The inner man, our soul need not be restless nor agitated. As I write this I think of one person I know who has not been part of a worshipping community because of the fight that has gone on within their soul for over a decade now. Find rest in God. Lay the fight down. Stop resisting and surrender.
CROSS-ROADS. Roads to and from the cross. Pearls. Pay attention to them.
Missions Paul 