Monday, Jeremiah 11:1-17, Judgment against the Olive Tree

Our text for today: Jeremiah 11:1-17

Jeremiah/God sure doesn't hold back! God's people are blasted and warned in no uncertain terms.

First, God reminds the people of God's actions:

• rescuing and saving them from Egypt
• gifting them with the covenant

God begins with a reminder of God's saving grace that rescued them. This is the because - the gracious action of God that God initiated. Then, and only then, does God call the people to be accountable to that covenant. This is God's therefore. God's therefore is always a call to live in response to the gracious actions of God.

However, God's people had chosen to ignore God's therefore. So, God reminds them of what the covenant agreement entailed:

• God calls them to listen
• God calls them to obey
• God calls them to give up the worship of their false gods

God calls us still today, to respond to God's because by listening, obeying and worshipping the one true God. May today be a day lived in the because of God as we live as therefore people.