To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The “J” word.

No other utterance throws up walls and defenses quite like it.

I believe it’s not because they don’t believe in J, it’s because J means change.

J means they’re no longer in charge. J means they can’t keep living in gray areas because absolutes exist. J means following instead of leading. J means submission and self denial.

I believe it’s not unbelief holding them back. It’s pride in self, love of self, and the desire to maintain self-direction itself that creates such resistance and the kind of impermeable hard shell finish that’s offended by anything J.

It’s easy to get discouraged when trying to reach these people with the message of J, but remember P and his conversion on the r to D.

Nobody in their wildest dream ever imagined such a thing. But—the word of hope and possibility—J imagined what could happen and it was so.

Be of good cheer.
Jesus overcomes.