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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Jeremiah 6:16-30
Gradually the prophet changes his tone. After the accents of divine love there now follow those of anger. The LORD gets ready to "visit" His people in judgment (vv. 6, 15; Isaiah 10:3). He will make use of an enemy coming from the north (v. 22) as was predicted by the seething pot of ch. 1, ready to pour out its fearful contents and overflow the land of Israel. But a fresh appeal of grace comes in between the chastisements. Listen to it; it is addressed to each one of us: "Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls" (v. 16; Jeremiah 7:23). These old paths of faithfulness and of separation from the world are not the easiest ones to follow. But they are the trustworthy paths of the past, laid out and tested by those who have gone before us. Let us refuse the broader and pleasanter roads which present themselves to us. Let us carefully seek out again this "good way", these "paths of righteousness" (Psalms 23:3) and truth in our guide book, the Word of God. And let us walk in them!
