Wisdom to remain
Jeremiah 38
“Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard” 37:21; 38:13,28
Know you are always in God’s hands.
v5 the King said to the officials ‘he is in your hands ‘ but Jeremiah was in God’s hands.
Live your life in such a way that when you are no longer around people talk about you lovingly.
v7 Ebed-Melech heard that they put Jeremiah in the cistern
The way out of a predicament needs adjustment from how you went into it.
v6 he was lowered into the mud; v12 rags and old clothes protected him from the ropes as they pulled him from the mud.
The root of disobedience is fear.
v19 Zedekiah feared the Jews and that’s why he would not surrender to Babylon.
The captain of the ship goes down with the ship.
v28 Jeremiah was the true leader trying to bring Jerusalem to surrender to God. It never did but Jeremiah remained nevertheless. Don’t give up because those you love refuse to see the truth.
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