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Jeremiah 5:22 – As Weak As Sand
What is one of the most powerful God-created sources that is untamed and will always remain untamed? The sea. Considering its strength, what did God choose to control this mighty creation of His? Sand. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it” (Jer.5:22). Notice the violent words describing the sea: surge and roar. Then remember what prevails against them: sand. Not towering cliffs of rock bordering every sea and ocean. Sand. What’s the point? God chooses weak things to demonstrate the real power is always God. We find this same principle in 1 Cor.1:27-28: “Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world – what is viewed as nothing – to bring to nothing what is viewed as something.” The gospel is the sand. We are as the sand, weak and insignificant; but chosen by God to withstand the surging and roaring of Satan’s weapons. Endure, rebuff, and remember God is the true power.
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