When people forget how to blush

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD. – Jeremiah 6v15

We all know of course that the things Jeremiah writes about are meant specifically for a certain time and place. We can’t take everything and apply to our lives. We can however take principles from the way God deals with people and remember that He is unchanging. What was wrong then is wrong now.

Here is an example. The people had come to the point where they were no longer ashamed about their sin. They were not embarrassed. They did not even know how to blush.

That last line is pretty desperate. ‘Nor did they know how to blush.’

But then I think about today and wonder if those same words might very well be said about us.

Even in the church I think we have come to the point where we don’t like to be thought about as a prude. We don’t like it when people poke fun at us because we are embarrassed about situations which arise. We have no problem speaking about the shameful things that the wicked do in secret so that we can be accepted by the crowd.

It seems like nobody, especially men, know how to blush. Instead we give a nudge, express a chuckle, wink our eye, and carry along so no one thinks that we are innocent about sin. We can be more embarrassed about not knowing a vulgarity than we are about using one.

How tragic it is if we have forgotten how to blush about sin. Lord, remind us how to blush over wickedness.