Message from Scripture: 7/27/2020

Today’s message from Scripture comes from Jer. 5:25: “Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have deprived you of good.”

Jeremiah has often been called the weeping prophet, as this was often his response to God’s judgments against His people. He wept how the people had rejected God in everyday living, which brought God’s judgments against them. How do we today, by not offering our best to God, miss out on the good things God wants to give us?

We miss out on good when we withhold our time from God. Moses said, “So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom” (Psa. 90:12). If we waste our time, the blessings we could have had may never be recaptured.

We miss out on good when we withhold our talents from God. God has a purpose for every life, and if we bury our talents, we miss out on so much of what life offers us, as well as even greater blessings. Paul reminds us to make the most of our time, because the days are evil (Eph. 5:16). Life means more for us when we cooperate with God by living in His will.

We miss out on good when we withhold our resources from God. To not give of our finances for the Lord’s work means we rob ourselves as well as God, who provides us with all we have. To help in the work of the kingdom, to seek to save the lost and keep the saved, saved, is the greatest of works. Paul reminds us, “The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully” (2 Cor. 9:6).

Like the people of Jeremiah’s day, it would be sad to think we live in such a way our actions have withheld God’s good from us. Surrender all of your life to God, and find what great things He has waiting for you. How about discovering His best today? God bless.

Robert