Christ Church Rockville Lenten Devotion
Jer. 2:1-13
Rom. 1:16-25
John 4:43-54
Jeremiah 2:1-13
“Be appalled, O Heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”
The strong language of this passage certainly caught my attention, as it was no doubt intended to do! “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?...I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.”
In this passage, we are admonished in the strongest of terms, for taking for granted God’s assistance and gifts, and for forgetting him after partaking of His gifts.
Having heeded these words, as we go through Lent together, let us remember God’s gifts to us, let us return to a simplicity of devotion, remembering the times we followed God into the wilderness, were saved and given great gifts and rewards. With this remembrance, let us practice being thankful at all times, and live in gratitude especially at times when we are not in need and simply enjoying living here in the land of plenty with its fruits and good things.
Let us resolve to live in a state of appreciation and ongoing acknowledgement that where we are today is a result of God’s gifts to us. Let us remember that He is the fountain of living waters, and we are not to “change our glory for that which does not profit.”
Let us protect the land and heritage given us and go through Lent actively remembering, appreciating, being grateful for and protecting all that God has given us.
