and do not sow among thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
circumcise your hearts" Jeremiah4:3-4
Einstein defined folly as "doing the same things over and over, but expecting different results." Sometimes this is exactly what we do in our spiritual lives. We don't want anything to change, but we want different results.
Jeremiah challenged God's people to do things differently:
They were trusting the temple (like a talisman or lucky charm) and they put great faith in their circumcision (culture and tradition) but it was getting nowhere.
They were sowing in soil that was full of weeds, they were circumcising their bodies but not their hearts.
Sometimes we have to break new ground for seed to grow.
This might be:
- Joining a Bible Study Group
- Signing up to serve somewhere
- Getting a daily devotional habit up and running
- Letting go of a long-standing grudge
- Breaking an addiction
If you've been planting seeds in the same old way and they keep being choked by the same old weeds, then break new ground.
But remember that it's not change for the sake of change: it's the heart that matters and not the outward ritual.
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
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