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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Tuesday,
August 11, 2015
Chapters: Jeremiah
4-6
Message Title: Being Content With Christ

Hello
My Friend,

The Christian life, when we first get saved
it's amazing, we literally get transformed into someone new, and
Christ shows from the inside out. As time goes by, many burdens we
carried before we got saved still haunt us, on top of that we get new
ones, all of a sudden the Christian life is not so exciting anymore.
What do we do? Some people bail, they jump ship, and Christ is no
longer a part of their lives, in some cases they become worse than
they were before they knew Christ. I look at it this way, if I jump
now, where would I go. I may not like where my life is right now, but
I do not want to go back to where I was, and I certainly do not want
what the world has to offer today. When you stop to think about all
you have at the moment with Christ, you will realize just how much
you have and how blessed you are. “Let your
conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things
as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee.” - Hebrews 13:5.

Covetousness, the lust or
desire of what others have, in particular, what those of the world
have. Covetousness is the downfall of every Christian, once they get
a taste of the world, they want more. Now, God knows how to take care
of our needs, and He does it amazingly, but the problem comes when we
get impatient with Him. Start hanging around worldly people and you
will start to desire what they have. No matter how strong a Christian
you are, without Christ you will fall into the temptations of the
world, especially if other Christians have already fallen. Yes, other
Christians, worldly Christians to be exact, and we wonder why the
world is in such chaos. This is not something new, Israel went
through the same thing. Through Jeremiah, God explains why He will
not repent of His judgment, but does give the people one last chance
to repent before the destruction will take place.

“If
thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt
thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in
judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless
themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. For thus saith the
LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground,
and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take
away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of
Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings. For my people is
foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they
have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good
they have no knowledge.” - Jeremiah 4:1-4,22.

Break
up your fallow ground, break up the emptiness of your heart, I truly
believe that had some of the peoplel repented the very last second
that God would have spared them from being captured, but no matter
how many warnings they got they refused to listen. There comes a time
when God's judgments stand, and no amount of pleading will get Him to
repent of allowing it to take place. What He does do is give people a
chance to get out of or endure that judgment. All judgments come with
some pain, even if we are not the cause of it, but those who endure
get the blessings of God. “But he that
shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel
of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto
all nations; and then shall the end come.” - Mark
24:13,14.

While God did not repent or change His mind of
the judgment, He did say He would not destroy it completely. Jeremiah
pleas with God to remove the judgment, God tells him why it still
stands. “For
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the LORD. They have belied the LORD,
and said, It
is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword
nor famine: And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Wherefore thus saith
the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will
make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall
devour them.” - Jeremiah
5:11-14.

Belied, falsely represented, I'm saved and I can
do whatever I want, this is the attitude of many Christians, who live
in the world. They live among the world as if they do not know Jesus
Christ, but they talk about Him, and proclaim Him as their Saviour.
Now, we all sin, and we can fall tremendously of we are not walking
with Jesus daily, but a life with Jesus is a changed life, one that
shows we are not of the world, but are of Him. We are not to be like
the world, if we are than we are falsely representing Christ, and
there will be judgment for that.




Through Jeremiah, God expresses His anger toward false men of God.


“For from the least of them even
unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and
from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. They
have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly,
saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when
they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that
fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith
the LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask
for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye
shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk
therein.” - Jeremiah 6:13-16.

Given to
covetousness, they lusted after the things of the world, and took
them. There are so many men and women of God proclaiming Christ,
living extravagant, wicked, and immoral lifestyles, and they do not
even see that what they are doing is wrong. The problem is, while we
ought to be counting every one of our blessings, we are instead
crying about what we don't have. We are lusting over what the world
and even some Christians have and that is why Christianity itself has
declined tremendously. Some of the most truly blessed Christians are
the most ungrateful people you will ever see, which is why God's
judgment still stands today. We cannot always have everything we
want, and let me tell you, we rarely get what we want, but if we
learn to be grateful for what we do have, God will bless us with
more, much more than what we want.

“Not
that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever
state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased,
and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am
instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to
suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth
me. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in
glory by Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:11-13,19. Praise
God!

Today's Prayer:
God, Thank You for reminding me of just how blessed I am to be one of
Your children. At times I know I let the cares of life alter my
thinking, I begin to doubt Your presence and even that things will
ever get better. Then You show up and remind me that You are still
here, and everything is in Your time. Lord, renew my thinking, give
me a new way of seeing the blessings I have and what You have waiting
for me as I endure my troubles with You guiding me. Help me to never
forget that You are always with me and will help me get through every
burden that I have. I love You Lord and ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for
you,
Christina

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