The Daily Fountain Devotional Friday, February 25, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Friday, February 25, 2022
Friday, February 2022
TOPIC: YOU ARE A WATCHMAN
TEXT: Jeremiah 6:22-30
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. 23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Friday, February 25, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
God was not happy with the people of Jerusalem (His people). They had rejected all His kind gestures towards them and blatantly worshipped idols like it didn't matter, despite all of God's 'complaints and warnings!' Therefore, God was 'pushed' to rise against them, by allowing the enemy to invade them (vv. 22-23). Even at that, His kindness and mercy did not allow Him to leave or forsake them. He still sent and set Jeremiah as a watchman to keep warning them (v.27), perhaps, they would listen and he saved.
As God's people in Nigeria and many places, have we not become like the people of Jerusalem? Are we not worshipping all kinds of idols under different guises and blatantly saying, despite His warnings, God is so loving, He cannot destroy us?' Even so, in His love and mercy, He has set you (His own), as a watchman - to warn the people, who are rebellious and stubborn, of the impending doom that awaits all who reject God and His Son, Jesus Christ, as Saviour and Lord. Are you crying out like Jeremiah (v.26), or are you at ease in Zion (Amos 6:Iff)? Remember Ezekiel 3:17-18.
Prayer: Dear Father, may I not just remember daily that I am a watchman, but daily occupy at my post in word and indeed, in Jesus Name.