WHO ARE YOU DEVOTED TO?”
“I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown.” Jeremiah 2:2b
It’s been almost eight years since I married my husband. I remember that when we were first married everything he did was cute and if he told me the sky was purple I would believe him because my love for him was young and inexperienced. I love my husband tremendously but just as every young couple realizes, the honeymoon is just a season. Eventually the trials of life begin to sneak in and it brings along hurt, anger, distrust.
The word “devotion” is defined as “a strong love, affection, or dedication.” I can honestly say that I am a devoted wife. I have dedicated my life to being “Mrs. Rivera” God gave us marriage as a symbol of our relationship with Him.
If I can be devoted to my husband how much more should I be devoted to God? This very same situation was the kind that the Israelites were finding themselves in. God had already taken them through the desert hundred of years prior to Jeremiah and God had provided for them, defended them and protect them all those years. Now the people had begun making it a habit to serve God’s other than Him. And God wanted them to remember His goodness. The love that the people of Israel had for God led them out of Israel had for God led them out of Israel had for God led them out of slavery and thru desert, a place where crops thru a desert, a place where crops don’t grow and they had to rely totally on God that was devotion. Their passion for God then was strong. God is still the same. He never changes.
How about in your life? Was your previous devotion to God like the people in Israel? Were you like a new bride, so excited but the trials of life caused you to feel differently? You are only one prayer away from devoting yourself to God again.
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