Jeremiah 8:5
“So why does this people go backward, and just keep on going—backward! They stubbornly hold on to their illusions, refuse to change direction.”
“Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.”
It’s a good question. Why are we so bent upon our own will that we cannot see the obvious? It is a universaly human condition. It is our sin distorted core, draping itself in various costumes to fool us about who we really are. Since the truth isn’t pleasant, we are happy to accept the illusion. But we are not lost. God’s faithful Spirit gently hovers over us, revealing and then healing that deep flaw, that we may learn to live, really live.
Lord, I want to live. I want freedom from my heart of sin. Thank you Lord Jesus, for paying the penalty of that sin. Now Spirit, please work in me according to your perfect will. Make me entirely yours.