Jeremiah 29:1-11
Fully Engaged
July 12, 2020 / Jeremiah 29:1-11
“For I know the plans I have for you declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not evil to give you a future and a hope” – Jeremiah 29:11 (NASB)
The Sins of Israel:
Satisfaction in anything but God (2:13)
Lived like the world (2:21)
Justified apart from God (2:22)
Neglected the poor (2:34)
Worshiped other gods (3:6)
Rejected the truth (2:30)
Ignored God’s work in their lives (6:30)
Sacrificed their children (7:18 & 21)
The Marks of a Life that is Fully Engaged:
to in the of your situation (vv.1-4)
God invites us to with Him in the He is doing
Three Keys to Surrender
- your
- that God is
- the
the He has for you (vv.5-6)
Even in the you His is available
the God has you to (v.7)
WHO ARE THEY?
the that you (vv.8-10)
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
– Jeremiah 6:15-16 (ESV)