DAY 238 Read Jeremiah 42 through 44.
Today's reading: The history of Judah's decline ends sadly. We have no record of what happened to Jeremiah and the others after Johannan forced the cowardly flight into Egypt.
Memory gem: "I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee" (Isaiah 41:13).
Thought for today:
The prophet Jeremiah said to an important leader of his time: "Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand" (Jeremiah 42:11).
But the man was afraid, and he stayed afraid. He was more afraid of the king of Babylon than he was of disobeying God, and so he fled into the land of Egypt--exactly what the Lord, through Jeremiah, told him not to do.
I have told you the story again and again, and I tell it again here--a story of my youngest son when he was about five years old. One night when it was exceedingly dark, he and I took a walk up into the mountain in back of our home. The trail wound among the live oak trees, and there wasn't a ray of light. As we started out he talked constantly, but as the trail got darker and steeper, he talked less. Finally, taking my hand and walking as close to me as he could, he said in almost a whisper, "Daddy, we're not afraid are we?"
No, we were not, but he was. Yet the touch of my hand gave him courage and faith. He would go anywhere I would go. His fear and confidence were a sermon to me. They brought back to my mind these words of Scripture: "For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee" (Isaiah 41:13).
Today's reading: The history of Judah's decline ends sadly. We have no record of what happened to Jeremiah and the others after Johannan forced the cowardly flight into Egypt.
Memory gem: "I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee" (Isaiah 41:13).
Thought for today:
The prophet Jeremiah said to an important leader of his time: "Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand" (Jeremiah 42:11).
But the man was afraid, and he stayed afraid. He was more afraid of the king of Babylon than he was of disobeying God, and so he fled into the land of Egypt--exactly what the Lord, through Jeremiah, told him not to do.
I have told you the story again and again, and I tell it again here--a story of my youngest son when he was about five years old. One night when it was exceedingly dark, he and I took a walk up into the mountain in back of our home. The trail wound among the live oak trees, and there wasn't a ray of light. As we started out he talked constantly, but as the trail got darker and steeper, he talked less. Finally, taking my hand and walking as close to me as he could, he said in almost a whisper, "Daddy, we're not afraid are we?"
No, we were not, but he was. Yet the touch of my hand gave him courage and faith. He would go anywhere I would go. His fear and confidence were a sermon to me. They brought back to my mind these words of Scripture: "For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee" (Isaiah 41:13).
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