Why are you doing great harm to yourselves?

'...thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves..."'
Jeremiah 44.7

We get stuff so messed up, so often. We think that by choosing what to do with our lives and by following our own path, we will be free and find everything that we need in our own strength. Happiness, security, excitement, fulfillment. Only, how can we find all these things when we are turning away from the source. It's like searching for water in the desert and fleeing the rain when it comes. It's not that by turning away from God we are causing some great personal injury to his pride. More that we are separating ourselves from the only place where we can find eternal happiness, causing him to ask, "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves?" And the answer is never quite sufficient. Pride? Ignorance? Laziness? We want a quick pay off and God's way often requires patience.

For how long will we continue to place ourselves on the path of great harm. We must choose daily to follow Christ anew, in the complete confidence that he is the source of everything we need, and more . . .