Jeremiah 13

For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,’ says the Lord, ‘that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’ v.11

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Kind of an odd task God tells Jeremiah to do by hiding a sash in a rock by the Euphrates River, but this was a sign for the people of Judah- we all need visual aids sometimes to really hit home what's being taught.  So what's being taught here by God?  Just as a sash is created to cling to man, so His people were created to cling to Him.  By clinging to God they became people of renown, for praise and for glory- clinging to God causes all this!  
Yet just as Jeremiah hid the sash in the rock and after three days dug it out and was completely ruined, so God was showing that He was going to completely ruin what they prided in without listening to God as they buried themselves by their sins of idolatry.  That pride was the temple that would soon be destroyed by the Babylonians.  Both the temple and they would be profitable for nothing as the sash because they would not hear the words of the Lord and return to His goodness.
Who or what are you clinging to?  Have you clung on to God and experienced renown, praise and glory?  Try and see!