GOOD AND BAD FIGS
…I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem. 2 One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat. (Jeremiah 24:1-2 NLT)
These figs make me think we are going to find two types of groups in the world: good leaders and bad leaders; people who seek God and people who reject God.
1.- The basket with figs speaks to me of those who decide to turn their heart back to God.
I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.(Jeremiah 24:7 NLT)
2.- The basket with bad figs tells me about another group of people, who turn their back on God. This group has a sad future by rejecting God.
I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth….. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them. And I will send war, famine, and disease … (Jeremiah 24:9-10 NLT)
I choose to be one of the good figs.
Think about it:
In which group of figs do you find yourself?
Have you turned to God with all your heart or have you rejected