Study of Jeremiah

So I just finished the book of Jeremiah and it took about 4 and a half or 5 months. But not because I’m a slow reader (I am) but because I studied it like crazy. I’ve learned so much form it but one of the biggest things I’ve learned from it is how evil this world is and how much we run away from the Lord and really don’t want to turn back.

Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’

Jeremiah 18:12 (NLT)
But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”

But the Lord still loves us endlessly. This breaks my heart to the core because that was me once. And there are still billions of people out there that have never heard the gospel. They search for things that can satisfy them but NOTHING can satisfy you besides the Lord Himself. The Lord is calling them wants their hearts and love and they just turn and say “NO that is not the road we want”.

Jerusalem is being punished in the book of Jeremiah not because God is a mean evil God but because they have brought it upon themselves. This is Gods last act to try to bring them back Judgment. There was no other way. You can almost hear Gods hurting through Jeremiah like in,
Jeremiah 4:19 (NLT)
“My heart, my heart—I writhe in pain! My heart pounds within me! I cannot be still. For I have heard the blast of enemy trumpets and the roar of their battle cries.” I also cannot be still after reading this book and knowing how real Hell is I can’t be still. I have a never ending burning passion for lost people.

I know how much God wants to do something big in my life and I am ready and willing to be used.