We have been working in our sermon series through the book of Jeremiah. I am amazed at the repetition in this book. Jeremiah is told by God to tell God's people essentially the same thing over and over and over again. It is almost as if they are so hard headed God gives them the message at least 25-30 times and knows that they will not get it even after all of those times.
We have been working through a Bible Study in our Men's Group on the book of John and I notice the same thing there. Jesus tells the disciples the same things numerous times and they just don't seem to get it.
It would seem that this is a part of what it means to be human. We are dense. We are unwilling to listen - even when what we are listening to is clearly revealed truth. We do not want to hear it once, and so we need to hear it over and over again.
God is so very gracious to give us this repetition. He does it in His Word many times. Telling us the same things again and again so that by His grace and in His time we will grasp the truths that we so desperately need to hear!
Praise Him today for His willingness to repeat Himself!