It’s Friday…Let’s Eat and Drink of It With Gusto

The prophet Jeremiah in the Old Testament was given a difficult assignment. He was called to preach destruction to a generation who would never believe him. He knew upfront that his message would fail. Secular prophets would succeed with their false message, but God told Jeremiah to preach the truth anyway.

We live in an age of acceptance. Anything goes. Morality, we’re told, is relative, truth is too complicated to pin down, commitment is defined by the mood of the moment, and there are many paths to “God.”

“Tolerance” is a code word meaning, “Don’t preach to me. I’ve got no intention of changing.” The false prophets of our age have a clear persistent message: 

“‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14)

How we wish peace would come. We pray to the Prince of Peace and ask Him to rule in our lives. He does, and He will. But He will fulfill the message He preached long ago in Galilee and Judea: God will judge the human revolt, and Jesus is the only way to escape His judgment.

That’s not a popular message in an age of acceptance. Nothing will bring out intolerance in the “tolerant” ones like a message of exclusive redemption.

But like Jeremiah, those of us who follow Christ are faced with a choice: Preach the Truth, even where it goes unheeded; or lie about the condition our generation and the judgment that awaits it – all for the sake of “peace.”

Deceptions abound in our world. Most of the effective ones sound pleasant to our ears; otherwise, they would not deceive us. God’s Word sounds pleasant, too, but only to repentant ears. To the pride of self-sufficiency – the drug of choice for the human ego –  the Truth of His Word is an abomination. It is thoroughly rejected as Jeremiah was. But God’s Word, it is still True.

Our generation has brought significant challenges to our faith. Our beliefs are not for the faint of heart. But as another prophet, Isaiah, promised God’s Truth is the only water that quenches thirst and the only bread that is filling (Isaiah 55:1-3). Let’s cling to it. Let’s Eat And Drink Of It With Gusto. Let’s stand firm in a truth-impaired generation. And let’s never fall for the false promises of secular prophets.

Have a Truth-filled weekend. Make it better by worshiping the LORD with those who are no longer deceived for they have received the peace that passes all comprehension, exclusively found in Him.

All For Jesus – Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.

“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, The King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see, to Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15b-16)