A Devotional Thought From Jeremiah

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.     Jeremiah 6:15

          God is declaring that a day of reckoning is coming to His earthly people, not because He doesn’t love them, because He does, but because they had committed great sins, and they were so brazen and so wicked hearted that they were not even ashamed of their sins. He uses the striking phrase neither could they blush. They could do the most evil deeds, the most licentious activities, the most despicable behaviors, the most impure religious acts and feel no guilt. They were so sold out to sin that they could not even blush. There was no innocence left in their souls, their spirits were so polluted that their faces did not even redden a little when they thought of what they did. They were so sin obsessed that they could not feel ashamed. Can you imagine people that absorbed in sin?

          Well, though we don’t like to admit it, there are many in our modern western societies who give these ancient sinners “a run for their money.” Society today accepts, approves, and even endorses sins that have been taboo throughout the ages in almost all societies. There is no shame. There is no blushing. Sometimes I am embarrassed for the people I see on television who proclaim their sin with no embarrassment in the slightest: no blushing; no lamenting; no desire for purity. The viewer gets embarrassed for them, how sad.

          Preachers, parents, public officials, friends , and communities need to start using the “s” word again: sin. If that is too religious for them use an equivalent: wrong, improper, criminal, illegal, immoral, unethical, inappropriate. There are behaviors that people should be ashamed of. If we want modern society to get better not worse we need to make sin shameful again.