Today, I am reading and commenting on  Jeremiah 42-44.

After overtaking and rescuing those taken prisoner by the man who killed Gedaliah, who Nebuchadnezzar had appointed governor over Judah. the leaders of those remaining in Judah asked Jeremiah for a message from God as to what they should do.  Jeremiah told them they should not flee to Egypt, but they called him a liar and did so anyway.  They forced Jeremiah to go with them, which makes no sense to me.  It makes even less sense when you see how they refused to listen to Jeremiah’s words from God once they were in Egypt.  So, in this passage the people repeatedly listened to the message from God, then chose to do otherwise.  We see people doing the same today.  Perhaps we are guilty of doing the same thing.  We should examine our lives to determine when we seek God’s word, but do not follow it when we hear it.

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