How are mountains able to see? They peak. ^[1]

With faith, we peek into the future to keep us going in the present. Faith gained on Sunday will pull us through on Monday so we can step ahead into Tuesday, and the rest of the week. This day, let us start with a study of Jeremiah 10

Idols offer no real power, and Jeremiah exposes their emptiness with striking clarity. They are powerless and worthless, unable to speak truth, walk with their people, or act on behalf of anyone. They cannot heal sickness, cause crops to flourish, or bring peace or joy to a weary heart. Every promise they seem to make is hollow, because they have no life within them. In contrast, the living God speaks, moves, restores, provides, and fills His people with strength and hope—reminding us that only the One who created all things can sustain all things.

The tragedy of Jeremiah’s day was that the people still chose idols over the One True God, even after seeing the emptiness of those idols. Their hearts lacked faith, and they no longer recognized God’s hand at work in their daily lives. Instead of trusting the Lord who had rescued, provided, and spoken to them, they turned to objects they had crafted with their own hands. They built idols, bowed before them, and placed their hope in things that could never save—revealing how far their hearts had drifted from the living God.

All they needed to do was open their eyes and recognize the One True God already moving all around them. The God who can do the impossible was revealing His power in creation every single day. They only had to look at the earth He made—the wisdom with which He founded the world, the majestic mountains rising in strength, the white sands stretching along clear blue oceans. He is the One who commands the thunder and lightning, who sends the rain and stirs the wind. If they had paused long enough to see His handiwork, they would have remembered that the living God—not their handmade idols—holds all power, all wisdom, and all life.

🙏 Father God, help us seek You with steady hearts every single day, choosing what lasts for eternity over the distractions that fade. Teach us to plant seeds of faith—in our own souls and in the lives of those around us—trusting that You will provide for them and make them grow. Shape something beautiful within us right now, something rooted in Your truth and flourishing by Your Spirit. And as these seeds of faith grow into strength, joy, and steadfast love, let their result carry into eternity, reflecting Your glory in all we do. Amen.

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