October 10, 2025 – Time To Set Sail… Where You Going?

Time To Set Sail… Where You Going?
October 10, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Jeremiah 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

     As a Pastor, I have heard the comment during years of counseling, “How did we get so far off track?” It seemed all along to them that they were going in the right direction in life. It appeared things were right on course. Then somehow, they found their life in trouble and turmoil. I wondered how they had ended up there.

     Their life is much like a ship setting sail for a destination across the sea. The rudder and engines work fine. Mechanical operations are all functioning correctly, so they set sail. There is one thing not working correctly: the compass. The compass they travel by is one degree off. While traveling, things look and work ok, but they end up in the wrong destination. How did that happen? It happened because they were navigating with faulty equipment. It was not right. It was not true.

     Our verse today says that God, because of their sinfulness and rebellion, was going to send wanderers into their lives, people with no direction. So, where will the wanderers lead them? Who knows? A wanderer has no direction. They wander. It is like the blind leading the blind. The wanderer leads a trusting soul nowhere. Then at the end of wandering, you have nothing. They empty your vessel; your life is spent wasted, traveling down the wrong road. People can lead you off course. The wrong leader with the wrong message will lead you to the wrong outcome. Sin can sidetrack your life. Worldly desires can direct your life toward ruin. Today, we must keep watch for the wanderers.

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     The best way to know if something is phony is to know the original so well you cannot be fooled. God’s Word is the truth. It is the original. Christians must come to know it so well that no wanderer could lead them off course. Know God.

Have there been wanderers in your life whom you have followed?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  October 10, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Jeremiah 48 / Psalm 88
Proverbs 10 / Philippians 1, 2

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Isa. 20-24  /  Phil. 1