The prophets become wind

They have lied about the LORD, And said, "It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine. And the prophets become wind, For the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them." – Jeremiah 5v12-13

What a mess the nation had on their hands. Jeremiah’s report just kept getting worse and worse. Not only were they not giving God credit for the things they had, they also thought nothing bad would happen to them and their preachers were no longer proclaiming the word of God.

It sounds a lot like our society today doesn’t it? Folks are quick to blame God for the bad, but never want to credit Him for the good. There is no fear of God. So many preachers ignore the word of God to preach their own agenda.

We might expect the world to do that. It looks pretty clear that those things don’t change.

It becomes a problem when we get sucked into that way of thinking.

I guess the thing concerns me most is the little phrase about the prophets becoming wind because ‘the word of God is not in them.’

This is something that we all need to watch out for, whether we proclaim God’s word from behind the pulpit or across the table. We had better be sure that God’s word is in what we say. We have become so accustomed to saying things and making proclamations based on out agendas or thoughts that we can leave the word of God out of it.

In order to avoid being ‘wind’ let’s make sure that we preach ‘thus saith the Lord’ instead of ‘thus saith me!’