The Crossroads

“This is what the LORD says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’ But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

 Jeremiah 6:16-19 (NIV)

God’s people stood at the crossroads—they had a choice to make. They could choose their own way or God’s way, the path of destruction or the path of blessing. As angry as God was at their rebellion, He still called them to return to Him.  Even as He warned of the coming judgment, He offered them a way out.  He made it clear which path they should choose, but they refused to listen.

Are we, the church, standing at the crossroads today in America? We hear what God says in His word, but we don’t really believe there are consequences for not following Him. We continue to ignore His warnings, thinking that God surely would not bring destruction on our nation.

 James 1:22-25 says this: “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.  Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.  But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.”