Jeremiah 14:10

10 Thus says the LORD to this people:
“Thus they have loved to wander;
They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore the LORD does not accept them;
He will remember their iniquity now,
And punish their sins.”
Jeremiah 14:10 NKJV

They have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet. Each day we make choices. We may like to blame others for the results of our choices, bad things happen to us because of what others do, and we like to think we have no control over the things that happen. That thinking absolves us of responsibility and we are the victim. And it is true that others may do bad things to us or those we love. It is our response and our attitude, how we choose to react to the things that happen that determines our path in life. In the book Swift Arrow, George is taken prisoner and lives for many years with Indians in the Midwest far from his home in Pennsylvania. He eventually returns home, but now looks somewhat like an Indian. George's father berates him when they meet after the many years apart, because his father thinks he is an Indian and he hates the Indians because they had taken his son away from him. This is a natural reaction, but the hate he had harbored for so many years made him hate his son upon there meeting because of who he thought his son was. (Once George convinced his father of his identity, happiness reigned.)
We must make choices every day, for God or against God. For most, our natural inclination is to wander away from God. Our culture and our sinful nature tells us that all the shiny things we see around us are what we want. So we wander here and there, searching for wealth and happiness. Even when we see glimpses of the truth, that happiness is in being in a relationship with God, too often we do not restrain our feet. We keep our fruitless searching for happiness, seemingly unable to sit with the Lord and let Him into our hearts. God calls us and teaches us. We must choose to listen and learn. Everyday we must choose. We should choose wisely and accept God into our hearts and walk in the path He sets before us. One choice leads to what we desire, the other leads to punishment and suffering.

Lord,
Today help me to choose You. Help me to have an attitude of thankfulness to You and praise for You. Forgive me for my iniquity and remember my sins no more, giving me a clean heart that loves and obeys You in all that I do.