‘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).
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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