"Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words."
Jeremiah 36:32
Part of the lesson here is definitely that we can't undo or delete the word of God or the truth of his gospel just because we don't like it. Even if we are royalty or in a similarly high position of power. God's word can't be erased. I think it also applies to other things that we try to do with God... like try to change his mind. :) This is God we are talking about. Remember that all-knowing, all-powerful, perfect part? I think we forget sometimes that God is *always, always* right. That's part of being God. He didn't make a mistake, and he never will, and when we run into something that we don't understand, it NEVER means that it is something wrong with God or his gospel. Only that we need to learn more.
I think that remembering all that is a fundamental part of faith. When we remember that God is infallible, then we begin to approach the correct attitude and are able to figure out a lot more things because we have that rock solid foundation. When we take that as a given we don't have to be wishy-washy about things. If God said it, it is true. We just have to figure out why, in what context, or how it applies to our situation. If we don't have that part, then we get tossed around a lot as things change and we keep doubting. We never get past our first lessons because we never learn enough to build on.
Today, let's remember that we can't burn or destroy God's word or his gospel, literally or figuratively. God is permanent while most everything else we know, including ourselves and the world we live on, are temporary. We all are going to have to change a lot before we can also become perfect and permanent, someday.
Jeremiah 36:32
Part of the lesson here is definitely that we can't undo or delete the word of God or the truth of his gospel just because we don't like it. Even if we are royalty or in a similarly high position of power. God's word can't be erased. I think it also applies to other things that we try to do with God... like try to change his mind. :) This is God we are talking about. Remember that all-knowing, all-powerful, perfect part? I think we forget sometimes that God is *always, always* right. That's part of being God. He didn't make a mistake, and he never will, and when we run into something that we don't understand, it NEVER means that it is something wrong with God or his gospel. Only that we need to learn more.
I think that remembering all that is a fundamental part of faith. When we remember that God is infallible, then we begin to approach the correct attitude and are able to figure out a lot more things because we have that rock solid foundation. When we take that as a given we don't have to be wishy-washy about things. If God said it, it is true. We just have to figure out why, in what context, or how it applies to our situation. If we don't have that part, then we get tossed around a lot as things change and we keep doubting. We never get past our first lessons because we never learn enough to build on.
Today, let's remember that we can't burn or destroy God's word or his gospel, literally or figuratively. God is permanent while most everything else we know, including ourselves and the world we live on, are temporary. We all are going to have to change a lot before we can also become perfect and permanent, someday.
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