Passage Read: Jeremiah 37-40
Meditation Verse: 38:15
Thought
Jeremiah sees little point in conversing with the king. He's had enough experience with him to know he won't listen, and maybe he'll even allow him to be killed! The Lord has protected Jeremiah up to this point, as He promised, but perhaps Jeremiah is tired of all the delays and is ready to be done. How discouraging it would be to prophesy for decades and watch the leaders refuse to listen. He didn't want to talk to Zedekiah. But when he did, he was still ignored.
Application
How dangerous it is to be in the shoes of Zedekiah, to have the Word of the Lord right in front of you and you don't listen! To ignore God's instruction again and again only frustrates and grieves those who are trying to save you and your people! How foolish it is to ignore the Lord. Everything promised came on Zedekiah, because he refused to believe and obey the Lord. I don't want to come under God's appointed judgment because I refuse to listen to Him! What He commands, I must do.