Monday, January 30th 2017
Jeremiah 8:1-23
It's very humiliating if we compare a man like me and you with an animal or a bird. It's difficult to think about that because we are wonderful creatures of God. But we must fully think about it.
1. The people are blinded (1-17)
God makes Jeremiah prophesy about the day of Judgment. The corpse will be exhumed and laid down in front of their object of idolatry. It stinks so much that we prefer death rather than life. There is anomaly in the heart of mankind. If a man falls it's normal that he stands up or that he tries to stand up. But these people don't come back from their bad way, like a man fallen who stays down. The people are blinded so they is less than a turtledove which knows the season to come (7). The religious are corrupted because they say "peace" where there is no peace and they are money-grabbing as the rest of the people. The conscience of the people is paralysed, they don't feel the shame of their offenses. As a result, their possessions will be taken away by the invaders who are on horseback.
2. The prophet cries (18-23)
The prophet Jeremiah is a prophet who cries a lot. He sympathizes with the pain of the people. The daughter of the people who has gone off with the ennemy makes a complaint, maybe on the edge of the river of Babylone. "Is the Lord not in Zion ?" (19). It seems that the delivery is far and never comes. The heart of the prophet is torn thinking about the suffering and the illness of the people, so he cries: " Is there no balm in Gilead ?". Jesus is our balm in Gilead, he bandages our wounds. By his death and his resurrection, he brought our soul to the healing.
Prayer: Lord, forgive to the people so much blinded. Without tears I am unhappy. Help me, that the tears flow from my eyes every morning.
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