Read Jeremiah 51:1-53; Titus 2:1-15; Psalm 99:1-9; Proverbs 26:17
Jeremiah continues his prophecy about Babylon. He explained exactly how it would happen. God would send foreigners to devastate their land. When that happens, God told his people to flee Babylon and run for their lives. God had used Babylon to be his vengeance against other nations but it was now her time to pay for her sins.
Paul gives Titus instructions for older men, older women, young men, and slaves. We don’t have slaves, but we do work under bosses that we need to respect and treat as if we are working for the Lord.
Paul goes on to explain the power of grace. God’s grace is the ability to do what we can’t do in our own humanity or flesh. It is what gives us the power to live a life of self-control, and godliness. It reminds us that our hope is not in the seen but in the promise of Jesus’ glorious appearing.
The last statement he gives is: “Don’t let any man despise you.” That word “despise” in the Greek means “depreciate”. In other words don’t let anyone think of you less than what God thinks of you. God thinks we are wonderful and capable of fulfilling our destiny on this earth and has given us the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish whatever he tells us to do.
Lord, help us to remember that we are wonderfully and fearfully made by a loving creator who has great plans for our lives.
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