Saturday, July 25
Read Jeremiah 36
Think About It:
Jehoiakim does a horrible deed by burning the scroll Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, and his actions reveal his evil heart. Which is worse, to read the Word of God and then burn it or not to read it at all? There are many who never take the time to read the Word of God (the Bible) and so they do not know the heart of God or His will. This can be seen as an irreverent act, just as the burning of the scroll. As Christians, we must compel others to know what God says to us in His Word and pray using an open Bible to speak God’s will into the earth, as ambassadors for Christ (II Corinthians 5:20). Pray for friends and family who need to know the Bible and ask God to give us a reverence for His Word to us and to wash us with the water of His Word (Ephesians 5:26).
Family Time:
- Why did God command Jeremiah to record all the things He had told him? (verse 3)
- In what three places was the scroll read? (verses 6, 12, 20)
- What did the king do with the scroll after it was read to him? (verse 23)
- What did God tell Jeremiah to do next? (verse 32)
