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Daily Devotion — Jeremiah 38 — A Challenge to Obey the Lord
Jerusalem was under siege. King Zedekiah feared for his life. Jeremiah had been imprisoned in Benjamin, then rescued by the king only to be thrown into a cistern because he prophesied the true words of the LORD against Jerusalem. Egypt had left her gates, but Babylon would soon be there, again. The LORD told Jeremiah if the king would only turn himself and his house over to the Chaldeans, he would live. But Zedekiah feared those Jews who had already “gone over to the Chaldeans”. He feared he would be given over for torture. Jeremiah assured him, if he obeyed the LORD, he would live.
What is keeping you from obeying the Lord?
What is it you may be fearing today? What is the LORD calling you to do? Is He calling you to go against what you feel and think and trust Him and His ways? Will obeying the Lord cost you? Obedience to the LORD always costs us something, but the rewards of obedience are life-giving. “Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live.” Jeremiah 38:20b NASB
Jesus is calling you to obedience
Jesus called you or is calling you. He may be calling you to leave the life you are living now to…
