‘The king
cut it with the penknife, and threw it into the fire’ (Jeremiah 36:23).
Help us, Lord, not to be like this king. He didn’t like Your Word. He
thought he could get rid of Your Word. What a fool he was! You saw what
was going on. The king’s attempt to silence You was utterly futile. You
would not be silenced. You continued to speak Your Word. Soon, the king
was hearing another Word from You: ‘You burned that scroll...’
(Jeremiah 36:29)! Lord, You’re still speaking to us today. You’re
calling us to listen to You. You’re calling us back from the way of
‘wickedness’, back from the brink of ‘disaster’ (Jeremiah 36:31). You’re
calling us back from the way of unbelief, the way that leads to ‘the
eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.’You’re calling us
to be ‘blessed.’ Help us to have faith in the Saviour - to receive ‘the
Kingdom prepared for us since the creation of the world’ (Matthew
25:41,34).
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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