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“Inside the Seeds” 🌳
Scripture Meditation No. 1725
AATHAVAN — Tuesday, 28 October 2025
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?” — Jeremiah 2:5 (NASB)
In a family, there are times when a dearly loved son or daughter becomes emotionally distant from their parents. They may stop speaking to them and choose to stay away. Yet, those same parents would have lovingly cared for that child from childhood—feeding, guiding, protecting, and shaping their present well-being. How painful it must be for those parents when their grown children turn away and refuse even to speak with them!
In today’s meditation verse, we hear God expressing a similar sorrow toward His people Israel:
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me, that they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?” (Jeremiah 2:5, NASB)
In the preceding verses, God speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
“Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Thus says the Lord, ‘What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?
They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us up out of the land of
Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of deep darkness,
Through a land that no one crossed and where no man dwelt?’”
— Jeremiah 2:4–6 (NASB)
The Lord reminds them: “I delivered your fathers from bondage in Egypt. I led them through a vast and terrifying wilderness — a land of deserts, pits, drought, and deep darkness, where no one travelled or lived. I guided them safely into a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Yet even after such divine goodness, their fathers forgot the Lord. And now God asks them with deep grief, “What injustice did you find in Me, that you went far from Me, and pursued emptiness?”
Let us pause and reflect on this in our own lives. Has not God done countless good things for us too? Think back to your life ten years ago — how it was then, and how it is today. Surely, God has blessed, led, and lifted us in many ways. But are we truly grateful? Or have we slowly drifted away, forgetting Him in the midst of our blessings?
If we live in ingratitude and disunity with Him, then just as He questioned the people of Israel, He may also lovingly ask us: “My son, My daughter, what injustice did you find in Me, that you went far from Me, and pursued emptiness?”
The Apostle Paul gives us a gentle reminder:
“Let the peace of Christ, to which you were indeed called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful.” — Colossians 3:15 (NASB)
At all times, we must live with a heart of gratitude. And the only true way to show our thankfulness to God is through obedience to His Word.
Yes — let us live as those who heed the voice of God.
Let our lives themselves become our thanksgiving to Him.
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