Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant. Jeremiah 46:19 – Essentially what the Lord was saying was pack your bags for your exile is certain. The majority of this book has been God’s message directed at the people of Judah, yet now we are going to begin to see the Lord speak to the pagan nations around Judah. This chapter is directed at Egypt. Egypt thought themselves to be a powerhouse of a nation, one that could defeat any army and flaunted that pride. What we see the Lord speak to Egypt was the word that all their might couldn’t save them from the power of Babylon that was coming their way. Soon they would be humiliated and defeated, and like so many other lands their people would be taken into exile. In our verse above God is telling the people to go ahead and pack their bags to be taken into exile, even though the enemy hasn’t even shown up yet. There was no use in trying to fight against what God had spoken, for whatever God said would happen would. In our story we too can’t find success in trying to fight against what God has spoken. We can try with all our might to change the course of things to go a different path than God said it would, but all our efforts would be in vain. If God says consequences follow our sin, then there is no getting around that. If God says only through Jesus can we come to the Father, then there is no working a back door to the Father. What the Lord speaks is sure and surely will take place. Find peace is humbly submitting to the truth that what God says will take place, and find joy in knowing that this isn’t just about God words around His wrath, but also about the fulfillment of His promises to you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3276
Question To Ponder: What is a promise of the Lord we can plan on being true?
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