June 2008

Well, let's see now, if someone told you to just sit and wait by the seaside while an army
came to attack you--You'd do it? If you were told to march around a city once a day till God tells you what to do next--You'd do it? You would follow Jesus out into the wilderness with no food and expect to be well fed by that boy's loaves and fishes--right?
Jeremiah is a big book so let's just read a portion, chapters 40-43. You'll be starting just after Babylon has taken over Jerusalem and all of Judah. The Babylonians have put a guy named Gedaliah in charge, but he is soon killed for his job by someone of royal descent.
That might not have been so bad if they didn't go ahead and kill all the Babylonian officials too.
Now the people are afraid and come to Jeremiah for advice; but even though they tell him they will do whatever he says God wants them to do; the people have already made up their minds. No way will they stay and trust in God's protection--Pharoah will protect them.
Your bible memory verse is found in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." The Living Bible
Seek God's advice, but remember to take it. He knows more than anyone else. Just keep reading His word to stay in touch.