Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Jeremiah 29

(January 27, 2015)
                As I read through this chapter it was impossible for me to ignore a singular truth – the Lord clearly loves the children of Israel (He even explicitly reiterates that love), and yet He will left those very people to whom He was speaking in captivity for the remainder of their lifetime. They never returned to the Promised Land, although some of their children or grandchildren eventually were able to return home.


                In my life, I see myself expecting that righteous living will generate peace and happiness and all the trappings of the “good life.” But the Lord promises us no such thing. In fact, it is often His love for us that is the very source of the challenges and adversities that we struggle against and that we believe preclude us from achieving the “good life” that we're looking for. Like everything else, it comes down to faith. Do we trust the Lord enough to build our homes in Babylon knowing that we may very well never see the Promised Land during mortality and instead live our lives in captivity?

No comments:

Post a Comment