“But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.” - Jeremiah 7v24
One of the great motivations and reasons for Christians to do certain things or accept certain teachings is how they feel it about it, or just somehow knowing it is right. Others may say that we should listen to our hearts when it comes to knowing what to do.
Judah did the same thing. They had already seen Israel punished for her sin, they had God’s prophets telling them God’s way, and yet they decided to listen to the counsel and dictates of their own hearts instead. The result? They went backward instead of forward.
God has graciously given us His word. We know that it can be trusted. He has also given us our heart, which is know is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Yet we still may be tempted to do certain things just because we feel that they are right or okay.
Looking at the choices, God’s perfect word and my deceitful heart, which should we trust?
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