Week 3: The Messiah’s Authority · May 25

Read Jeremiah 10:12-16

¹² But God made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom
    and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

¹³ When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;

    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.

He sends lightning with the rain

    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;

    every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.

The images he makes are a fraud;

    they have no breath in them.

¹⁵ They are worthless, the objects of mockery;

    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

¹⁶ He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,

    for he is the Maker of all things,

including Israel, the people of his inheritance—

    the Lord Almighty is his name.

Week 3 Reflection Questions:

As you read this passage that speaks about the authority of the Messiah, what stands out most to you? What do you learn about God?  What do you learn about yourself?