Feckless gods

I have always liked the word feckless which means somethimg like 'useless and lacking anything worthwhile, with no strength.

In Jeremiah 2 God says:

27 who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!' 28 But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.

We always turn to God when the times get tough by the problem with that is He isn't our God. Everything else that is feckless is what we've been worshipping and that ls why everything fell apart. If we'd been worshipping God all along things would pros spy be different. (Jeremiah 2:27-28). He is there to turn to when we need help and that to his glory.. But maybe we should turn to him now!

God goes on to say "you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.' "

But Jesus said to the Pharisees and to us today "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.". We claim we have this all sorted. We don't. We are blinded by our own lust and our feckless gods.

John wrote in 1 John 1:8-8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us....

But the good news is this...

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Lord, I am a sinful, selfish man. Always fixated on me..forgive me and free me and help me to serve the world and give up my rights as you did, Jesus.

"From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them. ".

We will quickly see the fecklessness of our next earthly hero and trend as they flame out and die off and go the way of the dodo. We will not prosper by them...for sure that is.