FAITH CAPSULE: With distance from the word of God man will be open to false conception.
Jeremiah 2
When man is in a distance position from God will be close to something that is not of God. Consciously or consciously are you in a distance position from God or in a close position to God? Taking to a distance position from God is far from the word of God. With distance from the word of God man will be open to false conception or notion. Taking to a distance position from God is walking far from the word that can order the steps of man in right direction. To walk far from God will lead to falling and failure. The word of God is God. Taking to a distance position is not jealous God wants from man but pleases the devil. Whenever man does not acknowledge God for what He has done there will be no heart that is centered to God closely. To be open to false conception is engaging to idols.
God spoke through Jeremiah to the children of Israel, “…What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, have followed idols, and have become idolaters? Neither did they say, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and the shadow of death, through a land that no one crossed and where no one dwelt?’” (Jeremiah 2:4-6) It is important to constantly meditate and know it that God is a jealous God. Giving Him continuous attention by identifying Him as He who saw you through in the past and acknowledging Him for the present is important. At the time He was speaking through Jeremiah, the children of Israel had failed to do right by not identifying Him for the past and not acknowledging Him for the present.
When man takes a distance position from the word of God, rebellious act will take charge in the life of man before God. God wants man to hear and receive His word to heart. God said to Ezekiel, “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.” (Ezekiel 3:10) Evidently, the word of God is directed to go to the heart of man with opened ear for the word of God. The point here is, give attention to the word of God by allowing your ear to give preference to the word of God. With attention in place for the word to enter, seeing in the word to gain direction shall become man’s portion. Find time to attend and listen to the word of God; gain understanding and begin to see and receive direction from God. Taking a close position to God is only way live by His direction.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to gain and maintain a close position in the word of God.