Jeremiah 36 Daily Devotion & Meditation on the Word of God

Hello My Friend; Good day.

Our reading for today is from Jeremiah chapter 36. In this chapter, God told Jeremiah to write a book containing all the warnings He had given to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He did so by dictating for Baruch to write. When King Jehoiakim of Judah heard about the scroll, he sent for it and it was read to him. Note verse 23 that when Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with the scribe's knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire. We are told in verses 27-31 that God instructed Jeremiah to write another scroll containg the same words that the king burned but to add the following statements:1. "He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; 2. his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night; 3. I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness;4. I will bring on them and the people living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened."

It was a terrible thing for the king of Judah to burn the scroll(The Bible). Any one who does such dispicable thing should not go unpunished !!! Look at verse 5. It was a sad affair in Judah and Israel when a Prophet like Jeremiah was restricted from entering the Temple of the Lord and yet these people called themselved declaring a national fast. Look at verse 19 also and note how the officials told Baruch and Jeremiah to go into hiding to avoid being killed by the king. We ought to be thankful to God that we live in a country where there is freedom of religion. Yesterday our new President attended National prayer convocation in Washington. There are also various prayer circles for the President and the leaders. Prayers are definitely needed for our leaders and we urge you to join one of these prayer circles.

And so we join them to pray as follows:
O Lord, God of the unverse, we thank you for our country where we can offer prayers to you freely. We join all the faithful of the land to pray for our President and his family and all the leaders. Keep this country in your Book of Remembrance. Forgive us when we go astray and bring us back into your Grace. We pray through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The reading of today came from Jeremiah chapter 36.

Apostle Ndueso Udoiwod.