I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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… as the consequence of their people who were disinterested in God. But God ultimately gave them their own way. We started the year with this online collection, and I talked about Psalm 81, verse 10, I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. See, in this case, the sovereign God's bringing them out of a ruler. In Jeremiah, sovereign God is sending them into a ruler. We see already the footnote today is there's a sovereign God in our story. And so he says, open wide your mouth and I will fill it. What a promise for this year for our lives. But look how fast things change. Verse 11, but my people, so I'm offering to fill their lives with what is good. That's the implication here. I'll fill it with what is good. But my people would not listen to me. Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. wow there can't be more intense words than these I gave them over it reminds me of what we say often one of the scariest realities in life is that if you insist God will let you do it your own way and that's where they were. …
… O Israel, if you would listen to me, let there be no strange God among you, nor shall you worship any foreign God. I, the Lord, am your God who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not obey me, so I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, to walk in their own vices. Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways, I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries. Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to him. Their time of punishment would be forever. But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you. Here is what God says he would do if they would only listen. Now let me ask you a question. What is it that determines what I hear from God? …
… O Israel, if you would listen to me, let there be no strange God among you, nor shall you worship any foreign God. I, the Lord, am your God who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice. And Israel did not obey me. So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart to walk in their own devices. Oh, that my people would listen to me. That Israel would walk in my ways. I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries. Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him, and their time of punishment would be forever. But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you. I believe one of the most valuable lessons you and I ever learn in this Christian life is how to listen to God. Because I believe that is so important, I want to begin today a series entitled Listening to God. …