Jeremiah 1-6
As the Lord recounts the stages that his relationship with Israel has gone through, the question that runs through my mind is how he would characterize our relationship. In the honeymoon of their relationship, he relates that the Israelites were eager to please and loved him, even as they passed through the barren desert. But then they started to stray away and the process of breaking his heart had begun... they defiled the land and corrupted the possession he had given them... they abandoned the fountain of living water by digging their own cistern that was cracked and couldn't hold water... and prostituted themselves with other gods and didn't even feel ashamed... and then pridefully declare that they have done anything wrong and wonder why God could possibly be angry with them.
Therein lies the core difference, it is bad enough that we create a crack in the relationship between ourselves and God by sinning, but when we don't even feel the shame of our sin, then we have completely abandoned the creator... the one who declared to Jeremiah “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” When his chosen people took this route, he unleashed an army from the north upon them. Do we really think so highly of ourselves and so little of God that would dare approach his throne with attitude?
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