Jeremiah 39 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Jeremiah 39.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jer/39/1/s_784001

Meditate on verses 17-18.

 

“But I will deliver you on that

 day,” declares the LORD,

 “and you will not be given into the

 hand of the men whom you dread.

 For I will certainly rescue you, and

 you will not fall by the sword;

 but you will have your own life as booty

because you have trusted in Me,” declares the LORD.

 

Jeremiah 39 records important events which occurred in 588 BC, during the third and final siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.  King Zedekiah and his family were captured.  His young children were slaughtered before his eyes, and his eyes were blinded by the Babylonians.  The last thing he saw was his children killed.  God punished Zedekiah for breaking covenant promises and rebelling against Him (Jeremiah 34).

Jeremiah was released from prison and moved freely throughout Judah.  God left His faithful preacher in Judah to shepherd the ones who appeared rejected by God but were still loved by Him.

Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian slave who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern (Jeremiah 38), was delivered from the disaster that occurred in Jerusalem.  Life was his reward because he trusted and obeyed God (vs. 16-18).

With whom do you most relate in this chapter?  Is God disciplining you because of disobedience?  Do you feel rejected by God and need assurance of His love?  Is God asking you to care for the rejected?  Do you trust God to deliver you?

Pray Jeremiah 39:17-18 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, please deliver _______ and me

 from the hand of the men we dread.

Rescue us and do not let us fall;

 give us life.  We trust in You!

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell