Daily Devotions
August 13th, 2020 by Pastor SolleyJer 13:1-10 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
KJV
A longer reading today but I will be speaking on the linen girdle on Sunday morning. The picture is of something precious hidden and ruined instead of being taken care of and displayed. Israel was precious in the sight of God but they destroyed that relationship they had with Jehovah by hiding what they were and then by walking in sin. To this day Israel is not what God intended them to be and it is not the fault of the Lord. It is a picture of Christianity in our day as well Surely the Christian knows that he or she is precious in the sight of God, knows of the value they have to God. Yet so many hide their faith and then ruin that close relationship they could have with God by walking in sin. We can become marred just as that linen girdle was and become of no use to God. More tomorrow.