I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Jeremiah 36-38.

    Repeatedly throughout the book of Jeremiah, God has given Jeremiah prophesies which suggest that it is too late for the people to repent of their sins and avoid the coming punishment. However, in today’s passage God tells Jeremiah to write all of the prophesies he has made in a scroll and read it to the people in the Temple. The message was that perhaps they would turn from their sins. I believe that is where we are today in this country. God has promised that terrible tragedy is coming if we do not turn from our sins and selfishness. He has been sending this message for quite some time and time is running out. Just as the people of Jeremiah’s day made turned to God for short periods of time before returning to their sin, so have the people of this country. It is time for the Christians of this country to get down on their knees and pray that God’s Spirit come down and fill us. One of the failures of the Church of today is that we have prayed for revival for the people around us when we should be praying for our own revival.

    Zedekiah was a weak ruler. He believed that Jeremiah was a prophet of God, yet he did not have the strength of character to stand up to those who wanted Jeremiah dead. He was however willing to allow another man to rescue Jeremiah from his enemies. Zedekiah had Jeremiah brought to him for a private audience to ask Jeremiah what he should do. Jeremiah advised him to surrender to the king of Babylon. Unfortunately, Zedekiah was more afraid of his fellow man than he was of God. When faced with hard choices, I pray that I will not be afraid to take the path to which God directs me.