I realized today that for these 30 days I may repeat myself a few times because God has taught me the same things over and over and over again in different ways. One of those is God pointing out my idolatrous heart.
Jeremiah 2:11-13
Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods at all.)
But My people have exchanged their Glory
for worthless idols.
Be appolled at this, O heavens,
and shudder with great horror,
declares the LORD.
My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken Me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 3:12-14
Go, proclaim this message toward the north:
" 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the Lord,
'I will frown on you no longer,
for I am merciful,' declares the Lord,
'I will not be angry forever.
Only acknowledge your guilt--
you have rebelled aginst the Lord your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods
under every spreading tree,
and have not obeyed Me,' "
declares the LORD.
"Return, faithless people," declares the Lord, "for I am your husband. I will choose you--one from a town and two from a clan--and bring you to Zion.
The Lord calls me to worship Him alone. To put my full hope in Him. To find my very identity in Christ alone. But I don't. I think a lot of times if only I had a man to call my husband or if some guy was paying me attention then I'd be more okay and more valuable then I am. But how much more worth could a daughter of the King Jesus need? Is there any worth greater then being justified by the God of the universe?
I don't have a lot to say on this. I guess because I'm constantly struggling with idols. I don't always understand why I run from God. Sometimes I just don't want to talk to God so I run out on Him because I feel like He's let me down so I want to "get Him back". Today I was struggling between Jesus and an idol and it was because 1. it's easy and comfortable to run back to my idols, and 2. because I'm afraid of this incredible love God has for me. It's new and different, it's kinder then anything I've ever known and I just don't know how to handle, not just human kindness, but also God kindness.
Why does so great a God love someone like me? I need to just leave right? Before He sees my worthlessness?
God's been wrecking me with this song today. With His truth!
Tenth Avenue North - Beloved
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