I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Jeremiah 42-44.

After the murder of the governor appointed by the Babylonians, the people remaining in Judah were afraid of what the Babylonians would do to them.  Initially, they did the right thing, they went to Jeremiah and asked him to tell them what God wanted them to do.  However, when Jeremiah came back 10 days later and told them that God’s answer was for them to stay in Judah and submit to the king of Babylon, they did not trust him.  Despite having promised that they would do whatever Jeremiah told them God commanded and despite Jeremiah’s warning that tragedy would follow them should they go to Egypt, they chose to flee to Egypt rather than remain in Judah.  This really reminds me of the lesson I took from King Zedekiah’s last consultation with Jeremiah.  How often do we choose to act counter to what we know to be God’s will because we do not truly trust God to care for us?  Because we are afraid of what will happen to us if we do His will?  The lesson here is that the consequences of not doing God’s will are always worse than doing God’s will.