Never before in human history have we had such an acute sense of what is going on in our world. The world is seemingly spiraling out of control. There are wars breaking out with ISIS and Syria. The threat of super powers are on the rise again. Fatal diseases are spreading in west Africa and slowly creeping their way into America. Add in the ingredients of famines, pestilences, natural disasters, and moral decadence and you have yourself a recipe of disaster and despair.
These weighty matters combine with our everyday burdens, which we pack on ourselves. Issues of poor self image, loneliness, addictions to porn and pleasure, stress from school, work, college and career decisions, all combine to make our lives seem to spiral out of control too. It seems we are on a collision course of epic proportion and there is no way off the crazy train.
There is hope! These issues are not isolated to our generation. In fact, our world has seen the ebb and flow of human suffering and one of the peek moments came during the time of an old testament prophet, Jeremiah. Jeremiah's story is a Collision Course with the super power Babylon, the morally bankrupt Israel, and family and friends who would despise and reject him.
As we look at Jeremiah's life over the next 6 weeks we will hope to find some of the answers in dealing with pain and suffering. We will be asking the question where is God when it hurts? The book will give us some hope and inspiration to keep pressing forward. It is an ancient book with some practical principles to apply for our postmodern generation. The book will end with a promise of a new way. The whole series will lead to this new way. We know Him as Jesus. He is the answer. He is our hope.
I'm praying God does some amazing things over the next few weeks to stretch our thinking and challenge us to go further and deeper than we ever have before. If you want to follow along and read ahead, we will be in Jeremiah chapter 1 this week. See you sunday.
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