Spiritual Diagnosis
Mike Wittmer Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord. Jeremiah 44:16 Today's Scripture & Insight : Jeremiah 44:16–18, 20–23 Chemotherapy reduced the tumor in my father-in-law’s pancreas, until it didn’t. As the tumor began to grow again, he was left with a life-and-death decision. He asked his doctor, “Should I take more of this chemo or try something else, perhaps a different drug or radiation?” The people of Judah had a similar life-and-death question. Weary from war and famine, God’s people wondered whether their problem was too much idolatry or not enough. They concluded they should offer more sacrifices to a false god and see if she would protect and prosper them ( Jeremiah 44:17 ). Jeremiah said they had wildly misdiagnosed their situation. Their problem wasn’t a lack of commitment to idols; their problem was that they had them. They told the p