Today's encouragement comes from Jeremiah 6:16a & b, where we read these words:
"Thus says the LORD: 'Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for yoursouls. . . . ‘ “
Fallen sinners think they like "new" paths, because by walking in them they vainly imagine that they are “hip," and avant garde. But in reality the old paths are much better. Old truths may (legitimately) be re-framed into updated lan-guage, etc.—but the *essence* of the truth itself can never be changed. This is because Jesus Himself *Is* The Perfect Personalization of The Truth.
I hope that some people are growing weary of all the failed promises of the "new" ways. They might start finding them boring, mind-numbing, and unsat-isfying. Perhaps many will begin to re-investigate the "tried and true” paths of the gospel. But even if they never do, those of us who are blessed in Jesus will thrill at His “old,” but “best,” ways.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Weaknesses do not break covenant with God . . . [and they] do not debar us from mercy.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
Fallen sinners think they like "new" paths, because by walking in them they vainly imagine that they are “hip," and avant garde. But in reality the old paths are much better. Old truths may (legitimately) be re-framed into updated lan-guage, etc.—but the *essence* of the truth itself can never be changed. This is because Jesus Himself *Is* The Perfect Personalization of The Truth.
I hope that some people are growing weary of all the failed promises of the "new" ways. They might start finding them boring, mind-numbing, and unsat-isfying. Perhaps many will begin to re-investigate the "tried and true” paths of the gospel. But even if they never do, those of us who are blessed in Jesus will thrill at His “old,” but “best,” ways.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Weaknesses do not break covenant with God . . . [and they] do not debar us from mercy.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
