Daily Devotion and Meditation on the Word of God on January 28, 2009

Hello My Friend; Good day.


Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapters 42 and 43. Johanan and his army captains, bent on going into Egypt for political asylum instead of going to Babylon went to Jeremiah to pray to his God to show them if it was wise to go to Egypt. Jeremiah accepted the request and went on a ten day prayer session. Johanan and his associates spoke a curse on themselves after knowing that her intention was to go to Egypt. Ten days later the Lord gave his reply to Jeremiah and warned that they should not go to Egypt. The Lord regretted that he had punished them and promised to be merciful. Jeremiah delivered the message to them and warned: "Never forget the warning I have given you today. if you go, it will be at the cost of your lives. For you were deceitful when you sent me to pray for you"(verses18-20).



In chapter 43, Johanan and his friends told Jeremiah that his message from the Lord was a lie. They refused to obey the Lord and stay in Judah, so they headed for Egypt even forcing Jeremiah to go with them. So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes. There in Tahpanhes, God spoke to Jeremiah and told him that he would send for his servant Nebuchadnezzar and he will come and set his throne in Egypt at the very spot Jeremiah laid a stone. They thought that God will spare them if Jeremiah was with them. Ultimately, Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt in 568-567 B.C. and crushed Egypt just as they did Jerusalem.

Once delivered from Egypt under Moses and Aaron, Israel had no business going back to Egypt except the Lord directs.
The people of Israel had their God and their prophet consistently speaking to them and warning them against evil, but they chose to go the other way. And so it is in our day and time. Many people dispise great leaders and messages from God because they have a mind-set to pursue their own ways. It is our duty to seek God's face, bring messages, and warn the people. The choice to hear and repent lies with individuals as the final destiny is in theirs hands. Halellujah. Amen.

Prayer for today: Dear God, Your love is everlasting love. Help us to listen to the voice of counsel and warning from your Word so we can repent and be saved. Let not the desire to go back to Egypyt just for the sake of the good things of Egypyt continue to drive us, but let us move from the wilderness into the promised land and be blessed through the One who was sent to save Israel and the whole world. Amen.

Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.