May the mumbling commence!
Jesus told his followers to call God, “Father”… “Daddy”. Could this passage from Jeremiah chapter
three have been part of the inspiration for that? Read it below:
"Return
home, you wayward children," says the Lord,
"for I am
your husband. I will bring you again
to the land of Israel – one from here and two from there, from wherever you are
scattered. And I will give you leaders
after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge and understanding.
And when your land is once more filled with
people," says the Lord, "you
will no longer wish for 'the good old days' when you possessed the Ark of
the Lord's covenant. Those days
will not be missed or even thought about, and there will be no need to rebuild
the Ark. In that day Jerusalem will be known as The Throne of the
Lord. All nations will come there to honor the Lord. They will no longer stubbornly follow their own
evil desires. In those days the people
of Judah and Israel will return together from exile in the north. They will
return to the land I gave their ancestors as an inheritance forever.
I thought to myself, 'I would love to treat you
as my own children!' I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land
– the finest inheritance in the world. I
looked forward to your calling me 'Father,' and I thought you would
never turn away from me again. But you
have betrayed me, you people of
Israel! You have been like a faithless
wife who leaves her husband," says
the Lord. Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel's
people. For they have forgotten the Lord their God and wandered far from his
ways. (Verses 14-21)
So much for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”! We no longer need that ark. We can come to the Father in repentance and
humility. We can call God Father, Daddy. God want to hear that on our lips.
So, why spend our time weeping and pleading for
nothing. Come to the Lord. Stop straying. Our Father, our Daddy, will welcome us with
open arms. Worship God alone. That is the message we hear from Jesus during
his temptations in the desert before beginning his ministry. Read from Matthew chapter four:
Next the Devil took him to the peak of a very high
mountain and showed him the nations of the world and all their glory. "I
will give it all to you," he said, "if you will only kneel down and worship me."
"Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.'"
(Verses 8-10)
Worship God only.
Anything else is idolatry… adultery to our one true love, the Lord God.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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