Read: Jeremiah 42:1-44:23; 2 Timothy 2:`-21; Psalms 92:1-93:5; Proverbs 26:3-5
Johanan and the people were afraid to stay in Judah because of their fear of the Babylonians. They wanted to flee to Egypt for safety but they asked Jeremiah to ask the Lord what they should do. They promised that they would do everything God said no matter what it was. They lied. God said they were to stay in Judah and God would protect them and provide for them. If they went to Egypt they would die of the very things they were running from: famine and the sword. They chose to go to Egypt.
They blamed God for the state they were in. They believed that when they offered incense to the Queen of Heaven everything went well for them. In reality it was their idolatry that caused them to be in the state they were in.
How true is this in our lives. Someone we love gets cancer and we blame God. Relationships fail and we blame God. God is never to blame. We need to search our own hearts and let God show us the source.
Paul gave Timothy some great take-away lines like 11-13: If we died with him, we will also live with him: if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us: if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.” For everything we suffer or have to give up or deny ourselves, God has a reward. Nothing in our lives is lost.
Lord, help us to hold on to hope because hope does not disappoint.
Lord we trust in you because you are hope.
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