FWD: Morning Manna (Oct. 25); BP: Jer. 50; RBTTY: I Tim. 5; Jer. 6-8

 
Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net

 

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Subject: Morning Manna (Oct. 25); BP: Jer. 50; RBTTY: I Tim. 5; Jer. 6-8
 

October 25                                                                                                                                                                  “On Forgetting Our Way Home”

 

“They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.’  My People have been lost sheep.  Their shepherds have caused them to go astray.  They have turned them away on the mountains.  They have gone from mountain to hill.  They have forgotten their resting-place.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jeremiah 50:5-6

     It only takes negligence and the “sin of omission” for one or two generations to cause forgetfulness and a great falling away.

     Tolerance.  Accommodation.  Compromise.

     Such are the synonyms of the sin described in today’s Manna.  Jeremiah’s prophecy of the future fall of Babylon also includes some sobering words about Israel and Judah.  It seems they’d spiritually “lost their way” during their years of exile by too closely associating with and adopting the lifestyle and religions of their captors.  And, in so doing they became like “lost sheep,” who were now “asking the way to Zion.”

 

     Simply put, they’d forgotten the way Home.

     Oh, dear Pilgrim, do you not see the same thing happening today?  Have we been so concerned about “staying in step” with our “new generation” that we’ve failed to ground our children and grandchildren in the Rock-solid, eternally-abiding Word of God?

 

     Think about it:

     Does the younger generation know the old hymns of faith we held so dear during our growing-up days?  Most likely, most of us even have trouble remembering the lyrics for we don’t sing them much anymore.  Soon those great songs like “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” “I Must Needs Go Home By the Way of the Cross,” “O Why Not Tonight?,” “Be Thou My Vision,” etc., will be long-gone and forgotten—relegated to obscurity in a dusty hymnal somewhere.

 

     And, then we wonder why they, like Israel and Judah, will also be asking, “Does anyone know the way to Zion?”  Or, “Does anyone remember where our Resting-Place is??”

 

     It’s pretty sad, isn’t it, Pilgrim?

     Assuredly so.

     That’s why we must do what we can even now to insure it doesn’t happen—at least in our own homes—especially if there are still small children running around.  Likewise, every Bible-believing, God-fearing church would do well not to “throw the baby out with the bath-wash” by becoming so contemporary that they’re not eternal anymore.

 

     Balance.  It’s all about balance, dear Pilgrim of the Way.  With one hand we cling to the age-old Truths that have sustained saints of every generation.  And, with the other hand we reach out to our new generation with the changeless Word of God.  We may have to “package” it a bit differently; however, the “Contents” will also be the same.  Hallelujah!!  May the Holy Spirit give us the wisdom to do this so future generations will always know the way to Zion and how they can find rest (Mt. 11:28-30).