“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?”
Jeremiah 8:22 (NIV)
The fact that this question by the prophet Jeremiah has already been answered in this chapter, makes this question all the more poignant. Consider the answers we have already seen;
Verse 3 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Verse 8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
Verse 11 “‘They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace.”
Verse 14b For the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
Verse 17 “See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed,
and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
You see - the answer to the question is
YES there is a balm in Gilead!
YES there is healing for the wound of my people!
But God’s people refused to repent, to turn to Him
God’s teachers mishandled God’s Word on purpose
Even worse - the pastors say peace when there is no peace
So God poisons our water and sends snakes to strike us.
May God’s people in Parkdale have the Spirit of repentance
May God’s teachers in Parkdale handle God’s Word correctly
May God’s pastors in Parkdale be courageous and serious in speech
May we be healed by our Lord Jesus Christ who walks amongst our lampstand at Parkdale,
for He and He alone is the balm from Gilead.
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