Jeremiah 37
JERUSALEM HILTON
Of all the people in Jerusalem in the days before it was captured by the king of Babylon, Jeremiah was one of God’s most faithful people in the city. As a result, some would expect to see Jeremiah enjoying a prosperous life while everyone around him suffered for their sins. But this was not the case. Jeremiah was put into prison and treated harshly by the people who did not agree with the message he was teaching.
But rather than being a curse, the imprisonment of Jeremiah could well have been a blessing. While the Babylonian army was besieging the city, Jeremiah was in a safe place away from the fighting. He was fed while others starved. Had he been free to roam the city like everyone else, he could have been killed in the fighting, but left in prison, Jeremiah was safe. And if he had been free and had to fend for himself, he, like all the others, would have run out of food. God’s mercy was great toward Jeremiah, because locked away in prison he wasn’t around to see the pain and anguish of the people he loved as they suffered. It wouldn’t have been comfortable, but God gave Jeremiah a very safe place to live during the last days of Judah.
Jeremiah was faithful and God watched over him. We might not see it at the time, but the way God works with us is also always for the best.
May we trust in God more and more each day.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
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