Jer.2:2
Have you ever been in a situation that you are so excited, inspired, and thrilled because you are in love. And it is your joy to give your time, energy, and even resources in the name of love. Afterwards, you begin to change and start to loose the excitement, the fervor, and even the joy that you have had before. You begin to be cold, uninterested, to the extent of not regarding anymore the feelings of the one you once loved. In our text we can see what happened to the people of God, whom he chose, blessed, and loved. He took them out of bondage from the Egyptians and promised them blessings and prosperity, and the only condition is to love Him by obeying His voice (Jer.7:23). Nevertheless, one day they are no longer interested nor obedient to the Lord anymore, they fall out of love! Let us consider the three factors in the life of the people of God why this happened. First, they have forgotten God, in Jer.2:2, the Lord said through prophet Jeremiah, "Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown" The Lord remembered their love to him which is not evident anymore. They had already focused their interests and attention to the ones taking the place of God, their idols. Second, they have forsaken God, in Jer.2:5,6, "Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt." The Lord said, what is my sin, or fault, or may be my shortcomings that you are GONE AWAY from me? You did not even ask where is the Lord now?When they already experienced his POWER, "the Lord who brought us out of Egypt." They already experienced his PRESSENCE, "who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits" They have already experienced his PROVISIONS, "through a land of drought" They already experienced his PROTECTION, "and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?" There would be no valid reasons why a believer who already experienced the grace, the goodness, and the greatness of God, would drift away and fall out of love with God! To be continued:
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