QT 28/05/2025 Wed. Jeremiah 14 When the Heavens Are Shut 天关闭的时候
QT 28/05/2025 Wed. Jeremiah 14 When the Heavens Are Shut
READ http://www.esv.org/jer14
🌧 Key Scripture:
Jeremiah 14:7 “Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. (ESV)
🔍 Context & Reflection
Jeremiah 14 paints a haunting picture: drought has struck the land. Fields are barren. Animals groan. People despair. It's more than just a natural disaster—God's judgment has come upon a rebellious nation.
This chapter is a conversation between God, Jeremiah, and a nation that has hardened its heart. It is full of sorrow, repentance, and divine justice. But in the midst of it, there is a plea — not based on the people’s righteousness, but on God’s name and mercy.
💔 A Call to Honest Repentance
Jeremiah doesn't sugarcoat the people's condition: "Our sins testify against us." That’s true of us, too. Our lives often bear the evidence of misplaced priorities, spiritual apathy, or outright rebellion.
Like Israel, we can be tempted to seek solutions from broken systems—false prophets, worldly comforts, self-reliance—instead of falling on our knees in true repentance. Repentance isn't about manipulating God to end our drought. It's about acknowledging the truth: we need Him more than His blessings.
🙏 A Plea for Mercy
"Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name." This line echoes forward to the New Testament, where we see the ultimate answer to this prayer: Jesus, who bore our sins so that God could act in mercy without compromising His justice.
When you pray in Jesus’ name, you are leaning not on your goodness but on His finished work on the cross. He is our intercessor–far greater than Jeremiah—and His mercy is deeper than our sin.
🌿 Hope Beyond Judgment
Jeremiah 14 is heavy, but not hopeless. It reminds us that God hears the cries of those who come humbly. He doesn't delight in judgment, but in restoration. No drought lasts forever when grace is at work.
🙌 Personal Application
(1) Examine your heart: Is there a “spiritual drought” in your life? What sins might be grieving the Spirit?
(2) Come clean: Confess without excuses. God already sees it all.
(3) Cling to Jesus: Plead not your performance, but His name.
(4) Live restored: Let repentance lead to transformation, not just temporary relief.
📖 Prayer
Lord, we have sinned. Our lives often drift from You, and we see the signs—emptiness, anxiety, dryness. But You are merciful. For the sake of Your great name, forgive us. Refresh us through Your Spirit. Restore what is broken. We look to Christ, our righteousness. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen.
QT 28/05/2025 星期三. 耶利米书 14 天关闭的时候
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Jer/14/
🌧关键经文：
耶利米书 14：7 “耶和华啊！即使我们的罪孽指证我们，还求你因你名的缘故施行拯救。我们实在多次背道，得罪了你。
🔍 背景与反思
耶利米书第 14 章描绘了一幅令人不安的画面：干旱侵袭了大地。田地荒芜。动物呻吟。人们感到绝望。这不仅仅是一场自然灾害--上帝的审判降临到了这个悖逆的民族身上。
这一章是上帝、耶利米和这个心肠刚硬的民族之间的对话。其中充满了悲伤、忏悔和神圣的正义。但其中也有一个请求--不是基于人民的公义，而是基于上帝的圣名和仁慈。
💔 呼吁诚实悔改
耶利米没有粉饰百姓的状况： “我们的罪指证我们"。我们也是如此。我们的生活常常印证着优先次序的错乱、属灵的冷漠或公然的叛逆。
像以色列人一样，我们也会受到诱惑，从破碎的系统中寻求解决方案--假先知、世俗的安慰、自力更生--而不是跪下来真正地忏悔。忏悔并不是要操纵上帝来结束我们的干旱。而是要承认一个事实：我们更需要上帝，而不只是祂的祝福。
🙏 恳求仁慈
“主啊，为了你的名，做些什么吧。” 这句话一直回响到《新约圣经》，在那里我们看到了对这一祷告的最终回应： 耶稣承担了我们的罪孽，因此上帝可以在不损害其正义的情况下施以仁慈。
当你奉耶稣的名祷告时，你所倚靠的不是自己的善良，而是耶稣在十字架上完成的工作。祂是我们的代祷者，远比耶利米伟大，祂的怜悯比我们的罪更深。
🌿 超越审判的希望
耶利米书第 14 章是沉重的，但并非毫无希望。它提醒我们，神会聆听那些谦卑而来之人的呼求。祂不喜悦审判，而是喜悦恢复。当恩典作工时，干旱不会永远持续。
🙌 个人应用
(1) 检查你的内心： 你的生命中是否有 “属灵的干旱”？哪些罪可能会使圣灵伤心？
(2) 清醒过来： 不要找借口。上帝已经看到了这一切。
(3) 紧靠耶稣： 不要为自己的表现辩护，而要为祂的名辩护。
(4) 恢复正常生活： 让悔改带来转变，而不仅仅是暂时的解脱。
📖 祷告
主啊，我们有罪。我们的生命常常偏离你，我们看到了征兆--空虚、焦虑、干燥。但您是仁慈的。为了您伟大的名，请宽恕我们。通过你的圣灵唤醒我们。修复破碎的一切。我们仰望基督，我们的公义。奉耶稣的名祷告。阿门
