The
people of God lived in a situation where there was much idolatry. For
them, there could be no compromise. We are to be watchful as the Lord’s
Return draws near. We dare not live as the world does. We are to live in
the Lord’s way. In the midst of “an ungodly nation”, we are to pray,
“Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me; let them bring
me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell” (Psalm 43:3).
As we look at this “ungodly nation”, it is easy to become “downcast.”
We must learn to say to ourselves, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet
praise Him, my Saviour and my God” (Psalm 43:5).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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