I left a small paddle pool on our lawn once, and after a week all the grass underneath it had died. The pool had deprived the grass of any exposure to the sun. The moment the grass was hidden under the plastic pool it started to wither, fade and die. Amazingly, however, when I took the pool away the grass came back to life again after a couple of weeks of exposure to the sun. In Lamentations 4, Jeremiah describes the fading of Israel’s glory as she hid herself away from God. She became like grass cut off from the sun. As Jeremiah laments the state of his people he also pleads with God to dawn on them again. As he seeks God and pleads for his people he is conscious that they must come out of their hiding and expose their hearts to God again. If they would do this, they would be restored. The same applies to us. Amazing things will happen to you if you will just expose your heart to God and do this regularly. If you regularly wait on God, worship God and seek God then like my dead grass exposed again to sunlight you will come alive again and thrive.
Ask God to shine his light into your heart and give you life.
Read Lamentations 4 & 5
