Our Scripture reading today is Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it?"
The prophet Jeremiah was given a challenging task of preaching to a rebellious people. They had walked
away from God in spite of all that He had done for them. The problem then is the same problem today. It
was and is a matter of the heart. “In the OT usage the heart signifies the total inner being and includes reason.
From the heart come action and will.” (Feinberg) The reason why Christians are not faithful to church is a
matter of the heart. Something or someone has dethroned God from the heart. Is God on the throne of your heart?
It is time for the people of God to repent of sin and put God back in His rightful place. He is worthy of
our worship and service. We are not our own. Romans 12:1, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service."