Please read Jeremiah 40:13-41:18 to keep the story in
context.
Meditate on verse 10a.
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in
Mizpah …
Gedaliah was appointed by the king of Babylon to care for
the remnant in Judah. Johanan warned him about an enemy named Ishmael. Johanan
wanted to kill Ishmael for Gedaliah, but Gedaliah forbade him and accused him
of lying about Ishmael (Jeremiah 40:13-16). Gedaliah’s refusal to heed
Johanan’s warning resulted in his death and the deaths of many other people, enough
to fill a cistern with their corpses. Ishmael took the survivors captive to
Ammon (Jeremiah 41:1-10).
Heed the warning of this story. Satan wants sin to capture
and destroy you and your family. God’s Word tells you what sin is and that it
brings death. Do not ignore God’s warnings and make excuses to do things
contrary to God’s will. Sin is not to be toyed with; sin must be destroyed
before it destroys you and those you love.
Use the words from Jeremiah 40:14-15; 41:10 and 12 to pray
over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful
watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, please kill the sin that wants to take the life of __________
and me.
Do not let it take us captive, so we have to fight against it.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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