Jeremiah 48:31-39. More of the message to Moab. As we have seen in the last tow posts there is a lot of detail here. Detail that is beyond our knowledge today, we don’t know where all of these places are. But as I said yesterday, God knows, and today we see just how much he cares.

In verse 31 we see God crying for Moab because of her failure to really live for him and because of the destruction that is coming to Moab. IN verse 32 we are reminded of the influence that Moab has had on the world around them, if they had been a plant their vines would have reached “across the sea”. In verse 32 God is “weeping”.

But in verse 33 we see that God is allowing all of this to happen to them. In verse 35 he says he has made an “end” of the Moabites, and again we are told why; because they had followed and honored fake gods. High places were literally “high places” where they would go to make offerings to their fake gods. It is pretty interesting that they thought that they had to get up high to get to God. In Genesis 11:4 early generations of mankind thought that they could build their way up to God. In 1 Kings 18:24-38 while the false gods could do nothing God was able to reach down from heaven and burn the sacrifice in spite of how wet is was. We have the one true powerful God as your friend. In verse 36 we again see God crying. He sees the guys shaving their heads (a sign of great sadness) and the whole situation make’s him sad too.

In verse 39 we see the results of the disobedience, everyone is pointing at them and laughing. But God is not laughing.

We need to realize how serious God is about us and how much of a problem our disobedience and rebellion are (sins). Our sin separates us from God forever. We need to deal with our sin the only way that will work, we need to tell God about it and ask for his help in overcoming . Jesus wants to “clean” or sins away and let the Holy Spirit (See “Three or One?”) live in us to help us honor God more and more. I don’t like it that God cries but I do like it that he cries over our sins, and that he does something about it too.

God thank you for loving me and caring. Thank you for acting too. Help many people see and know you.