BBD 07.18.13 Stuck (Classic)
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Classic from 2006
07.18.13
Stuck
Hear and give ear: do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken. Give glory to
the LORD your God before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on
the dark mountains, and while you are looking for light, He turns it into the
shadow of death and makes it dense darkness. But if you will not hear it, my
soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run
down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive. Say to the
king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; sit down, for your rule shall
collapse, the crown of your glory.” - Jeremiah 13:15-18.
A man in Australia, Robin Toom, was playing hide and seek
with his kids when he became stuck. He was trying to hide in their washing
machine when his foot became wedged in such a way as to keep him from escaping.
He was inside the machine with his knees up against his chest for an hour
before being rescued by the fire squad. Dave Dillon a member of the fire squad
reached into the washing machine and freed Robin’s foot. Not surprisingly,
Robin said he was going to change his family’s rules for playing hide and seek.
Robin
shared about his ordeal, “I just
hopped in there and couldn’t even get the lid down and the kids came in and
said, 'Ha, ha! We found you.”’
What would have happened to Robin if he had refused to
call for help? What if he had been determined by whatever means to free himself
without any outside help? Robin and his family had to admit that they had
messed up and needed help from someone outside of the family. It would have
been a ridiculous thing not to ask for help. It would have been crazy not to do
what they knew to do to escape from this ordeal.
In Jeremiah 13:15 God is warning the people of Judah through His prophet
not to stay stuck in their ways. God, as He had done for many years, was still
pleading with the people to turn to Him before it was too late. The prophet
Jeremiah was warning the people to turn to God before God turned out the
lights. He was warning them to ask for help from the One who could help them
before it was too late.
We know the people and the king along with his mother
refused to listen. In 597 B.C. King Jehoiachin along with his mother and ten thousand
of the most prominent of the people were taken captive by the Babylonians. When
was the last moment that they could have changed their ways? When was the last
moment that their cries for help would have been heard by God? When did they
cross the line? When did they go too far?
Is God not still warning us today to turn back from our
sin? Is He not still pleading with us through the prophet Jeremiah to stop, to
humble ourselves and ask for help from the One who can help us? If we were
stuck in a washing machine, would we not call for help? Of course, we would!
Before it is too late call out to God in the Name of Jesus and ask Him to help
you change your life. “Hear and give ear: do not
be proud, for the LORD has spoken. Give glory to the LORD your God before He
causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while
you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it
dense darkness.”
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