Category: Daily Readings

August 22 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 46-48) The final chapters of Jeremiah are a pronouncement of God’s judgement on the nations. To Egypt: “For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes … They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them…

August 21 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 41-45, NIV) Our walk with God will lead us to make choices. Sometimes these choices put logical thinking up against what God seems to be saying to us. This is the situation in our reading today. From the perspective of those left in Judah after others were taken into exile,…

August 20 (Daily reading: Habakkuk) Here are some “jewels” from Habakkuk: [1:5] “Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days—You would not believe if you were told.” God’s activity on our behalf is immeasurable and never-ending! Jesus said, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself…

August 19 (Daily reading: 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36) The final days of the kingdom of Judah were dark days, as king after king did evil in the eyes of the Lord. As the events of war and politics took place between Judah and Babylon, and as King Nebuchadnezzar disposed of three kings of…

August 18 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 38-40; Psalms 74, 79) We can be thankful that God is paying attention! When some enemies who wanted to kill Jeremiah complained to King Zedekiah about him, the king said, “He is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you” (38:5). They put him in a well,…

August 17 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 35-37) God told Jeremiah to write the prophecies that He had spoken to him. As Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote the words on a scroll. It was read to King Jehoiakim, and his response revealed the condition of his heart. He burned the scroll piece by piece as he heard it…

August 16 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 32-34) [Part Three: You said it; do you believe it?] Jeremiah had prophesied the return from exile. Now, he was asked to literally “put his money where his mouth was.” God told him to buy a field in a town that had been taken by the Babylonians. This was an…

August 15 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 30-31) [Part Two, A New Relationship] God said when the seventy years in exile were completed, He would take the people back to their homes. “I know the plans that I have for you, plans that will be good for you. They will give you hope for the future.” A…

August 14 (Daily reading: Jeremiah 26-29) [Part One, A New Hope] Jeremiah had to contend with the contradictions of false prophets like Hananiah, who claimed that the exile would be over within two years. Jeremiah wrote a difficult letter to the exiles in Babylon to set the record straight. The exile would be 35 times…

We read of many kings who did only evil in the eyes of the Lord. Over and over, they led the people away from God. God spoke metaphorically through Jeremiah in chapter 23 to highlight the failure of these “shepherds” (leaders) who tended God’s flock, “the sheep of My pasture” (the people). God condemned them…