Jeremiah 23
The first part of chapter 23 speaks of how the Lord will deal with those who did not look after His sheep. God will take away the sheep and leave them in the care of others. Have you left your sheep wandering? Be it your cell members or people that God has placed in your life to take care of, e.g. your siblings.
In the rest of the chapter, it talks about false and lying prophets. God’s anger against them will not turn back, what He has in mind, He will accomplish it. In verse 24 “Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD.” This verse tells us that no matter where you go, where you hide, God will still find you. There is no secret that God doesn’t know. It depends on you whether you would sit down and have a chat with Him. I believe, God will give you direction from there.
Jeremiah 24
God uses figs to explain to Jeremiah the situation of Judah and how God is going to deal with them. The good figs are the exiles, they are those who God will protect and watch over. The ones who will fight for God’s Kingdom. For the bad figs, God will destroy them totally. He will uproot their sins and throw them off. Just like the bad figs, they cannot be eaten. Do you want to be a good fig or a bad fig? If you want to be a good fig, pick out all the rotten part of yourself and allow His forgiveness to flow in. Let Him cleanse you. Fight for Him till the end.
Jeremiah 25
God pour down his wrath against Judah. Before He punished Judah, He sent His people to warn them against sinning. However, the people of Judah did not take it to heart. Once again, He told them not to worship other gods except Him. His words have gone into deaf ears, God does not tolerate unholiness, He gave Judah many opportunities to turn back to Him but they refused and continue in their evil ways.
God uses people around us to speak to us, to guard our hearts from sinning. Do you only take in good comments from people? Consider those who rebuke in love, sometimes it might hurt but do not let those words fall on hard soil.
