Jeremiah 19 - Praying God's Word

Please read Jeremiah 19.

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Meditate on verse 15.

Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,

 “Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns

the entire calamity that I have declared against it,

 because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My Words.”

While Jeremiah was at the potter’s house, God told him to buy an earthenware jar. He took the jar along with some of the elders and senior priests to the valley of Ben-Hinnom, the valley where the people sacrificed their children by fire as part of their Baal worship. The elders and senior priests should have taught and upheld truth to the people; rather they allowed heinous atrocities to take place. God promised calamity. Jeremiah spoke the Word of the LORD to the men then broke the jar in front of them to represent the irreparable breaking God would do to the people.

Jeremiah then walked to the court of the LORD’s house, not far from the valley of Slaughter, and spoke to all the people. His sermon was simple; God promised to bring on Jerusalem and all its towns the entire calamity because the people had stiffened their necks so as not to heed His Words (v. 15).

If you are a teacher/preacher of God’s Word, fearlessly speak the Word of Truth. People are perishing for lack of knowledge of what the Bible says (Hosea 4:6). If you are a hearer of the Word, heed and obey what God tells you to do.

Pray Jeremiah 19:11 and 15 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, let _________ and me live to please You,

 so You do not have to break us like one breaking a potter’s vessel,

which cannot again be repaired.  

Do not let us stiffen our necks.  May we heed Your Words.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell