Jeremiah 11 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read Jeremiah 11.

Meditate on and memorize this phrase from verse 4.

Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command you.

Jeremiah’s next recorded sermon location was in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 11:6).  The message from God was simple: “Hear the words of this covenant and do them” (Jeremiah 11:6).  The people responded to the sermon as their ancestors had before them;  each person walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart (Jeremiah 11:8).  God promised to respond with disaster. 

When Jeremiah delivered the message to his hometown of Anathoth, the people wanted to kill him (Jeremiah 1:1; 11:21).  His tent had already been destroyed; his sons had deserted him; now the townspeople wanted him dead (Jeremiah 10:20; 11:21).  It is not always easy to tell people the truth of God’s Word.  Thankfully, Jeremiah had a Covenant Partner who protected him from those who did not want to be reminded of God’s covenant (Jeremiah 11:1, 3, 6, 8, 10).

When God told Jeremiah the message of the covenant, Jeremiah responded with: “Amen, O LORD” (Jeremiah 11:5).  When the people heard the message, they responded with: “Let us cut him off from the land of the living that his name be remembered no more” (Jeremiah 11:19).

What is your response to the Word of God?  Are you a “Jeremiah” who hears, heeds, obeys, and does what God says?  Jeremiah’s “amen” meant, “so be it.”  Do you respond to the LORD by saying, “So be it God; I am ready to do whatever you tell me to do!”?

Pray Jeremiah 11:4-5, 8, and 20 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help _________ and me listen to Your voice

and do according to all which You command us. 

We want to be Your people, and we want You to be our God. 

Do not let us walk after the stubbornness of our evil hearts. 

Let us remember that You judge righteously,

and You try the feelings and the heart.

Amen, O LORD”