Saturday, October 31, 2009

Jeremiah 21

Jeremiah had the task quite frequently of telling people things that weren't so good. Things they probably didn't want to hear.
In this case a contingent comes to him with hope, wanting to ask God if He could do for them what He had done in the past. Could He rescue them from Babylon?
God's answer in this case is not positive- if you want to live: get out of the city!
I would have left the city right then! If God's answer is no to what you want, He still offers a path of life out of the difficult situation.
In the case in this chapter, the people of that city had created a problem and apparently the only way to fix the problem was to destroy the city. Sometimes fixing a problem requires destruction. But there is always a path out.

Friday, October 30, 2009

stocks

In Jeremiah 20 Jeremiah gets put in stocks. When the guy who put him in the stocks lets him out Jeremiah comes out with a not very nice prophesy against him. It's a wonder Jeremiah didn't end up back in the stocks. Some people may have thought to keep things on the quiet side after being put in stocks. Play nice for a while. But not Jeremiah!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Isaiah 60

I thought that Isaiah 60 read a lot like a description of what heaven might be like. Especially the last bit:

19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

20 Your sun will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorrow will end.

21 Then will all your people be righteous
and they will possess the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,
the work of my hands,
for the display of my splendor.

22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am the LORD;
in its time I will do this swiftly."


I finished Isaiah yesterday and start Jeremiah today. I hope I will have more time to write about Jeremiah. I hope my crazy season at work will be over now.