In Jeremiah 12:5,
we read, “If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have
wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein
thou
trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?”
Jeremiah knew the
destruction of Judah
was coming. He tried many
different ways, through the prophecies from God, to warn the people.
However,
the people refused to listen to him and God. Jeremiah, in this verse,
says that
the people have been wearied fighting those who were on foot. If that
had
wearied them, what did they think they would do against an enemy with a
cavalry?
If they were having a
hard time living while in peace,
what did they think they would do in hard times? If they could not find
peace
within themselves during good times, how did they think they would do
in tough
times?
Many reading
Wisdom’s Corner live in advanced nations.
They have plenty to eat, nice homes in which to live, many modern
conveniences
to help in daily life and money with which to buy things. Many
individuals in
those nations are unhappy. They are not content even though they have
all these
things. They gripe about being weary of daily life. What do they think
will
happen when they do not have these things? If they do not like life
now, what
will they do when life gets much harder?
Study your Bible.
Learn how God wants you to live.
Learn to be happy and to count your blessings, and if any of this is
hard to
understand, ask an adult to help you.
The
Stork Knows
Have
you ever read about how birds migrate? Many birds
do not live in the same place for the whole year. They will live in one
place
for part of the year and then fly a long distance to live in another
place for
the rest of the year. The birds instinctively know when it is time to
fly to
the other place.
God said that the
Israelites were not even as smart as
migrating birds. In Jeremiah
8:7,
we read, “Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed
times; and the
turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;
but my
people know not the judgment of the Lord.”
The Israelites were
supposed to know God’s laws. They
were supposed to follow God’s laws. God had given them
commandments to follow.
He had told them on several occasions that if they followed and obeyed
Him that
they would be blessed. He told them that if they did not obey Him that
He would
bring curses upon them.
The people of Judah
had seen the curses come upon the Northern
Kingdom.
They had experienced some of the curses upon them. However, instead of
knowing
that it was time to repent and come back to God, they continued in
their sins.
They were not even as smart as a stork or a swallow. When the bird
realized
that the weather was changing, it knew it was time to fly away. The
Israelites
should have been spiritually flying away from sin, but they refused.
Study your Bible.
Know what is necessary to follow God.
Help others to know what to do. Help others to be like the stork. Fly
away from
sin, and if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
