'Cling to Me,' declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 13:8-11, Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband, which is totally worthless. For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they did not listen.'"

We have this strange story of the waistband to show us that we are fitted to Him for a purpose. When we are removed from Him, that purpose is corrupted and rots away. Paul reminds us that before we come to know Christ we are slaves to sin, with death as an end. When we know Him, when we seek Him and hear His voice and turn to Him, we are as slaves to righteousness with everlasting life as our end. What are His purposes for us today?

We seek You and thank You that in You we are slaves to righteousness, inheriting eternal life!