And that actually brings me to my devotional reading from this morning.
Jeremiah 6:16 reads ...
16 This is what the LORD says:
"Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'
I've read this passage and this particular verse before, and yet today I find it so relevant to this culture in which I live. On top of that, it has a new meaning when compared with, as Phil Andrews does, with John 14:6 ...
Jesus said, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’
What a wonderful relationship between these two passages. What an amazing image. The good path, the good way that Jeremiah pleaded with and encouraged the people of Jerusalem to walk in is ultimately the very person of the God-Man, Jesus Christ. And yet as then, still so today ... so many reject both calls ... "But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'"
But what about you? What do you say? Do you wonder as to which path to walk? Are you so certain as to choosing your own path over-against God's? Are you uncertain as to whether God is real, let alone His path? Do you question or wonder who Jesus is to be able to make such a claim as being the "good way" Jeremiah talks about?
Check out the Gospel of Matthew 16:13-20. Consider what Jesus asks of His disciples. Consider how they reply. And consider how Jesus frames their responses. And let me know what you think. May the Holy Spirit of God give you eyes to see, and ears to hear.
