Corona Devo 1695

Are we a good fig or a bad fig today?

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My papa used to eat Fig Newtons, or "Figgy Newtons" as he called them, and to this day, I still enjoy them from time to time.

Do you like figs?  

Actually--whether we like figs or not does not matter, but our answer to this question does matter:  Are we a good fig or a bad fig? 

Jeremiah was a prophet in the Old Testament, and he had a vision about figs. 

We are the figs.  But, are we a good fig or a bad one?  Are we for the Lord?  Do we know the Lord?  Have we asked His Son, Jesus into our hearts/our lives/our decisions/our attitudes/our reactions today?

If yes...we are in God's good fig basket. 

...the Lord gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem. (2) One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat. 

(3) Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”  

I replied, “Figs, some very good and some very bad, too rotten to eat.”  

(4) Then the Lord gave me this message: (5) “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians. (6) I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them. (7) I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.  

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Or...are we a bad fig? 

I'm not being judgmental or labeling anyone.  I'm not casting stones or counting anyone out.  But God is.  Not all roads/gods/allegiances lead to Heaven or salvation. 

Are we a good fig or a bad fig?  And do we know that the answer will determine our eternity?

Are we for the Lord?  Do we know the Lord?  Have we asked His Son, Jesus into our hearts/our lives/our decisions/our attitudes/our reactions today?

If no...then we are in God's bad fig basket.  

If no...then we are still calling the shots.  If no...then we don't talk to God daily and honestly and submissively.  If no...then whether we will admit it to ourselves or not--we are bad figs. 

Are we a bad fig?

(8) “But the bad figs,” the Lord said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt.  I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.  ~Jeremiah 24:8

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The good news (today) is that whether we like figs or not does not matter. and even if we have been a rotten fig, it does not have to matter...if we will make the decision to be a good fig.

Let's decide to be in God's good fig basket today.  He already has invited us (all of us), and if we will accept, the promises of hope and comfort are luscious and specaia, like a ripe fig.

God has this available to His good figs today: may we choose to be in that basket:

I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. 

I will build them up and not tear them down. 

I will plant them and not uproot them. 

(7) I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.  ~Jeremiah 24:6-7

Are we a good fig or a bad fig today?

Blessings,

sarah

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com  

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