Friday – Prophets

Reading – Jeremiah 42-44

Highlight Verse:

“Pray that the Lord your God will show us what to do and where to go.””
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭42‬:‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The remnant of people in Judah sought God’s guidance through the most reliable man of God in the land at that time – Jeremiah.

They vowed they would listen and do whatever God told them to do –

Until God’s plans differed from their own.

God’s instructions brought to them through Jeremiah told them to stay in the land when they were sure the right thing was to flee to Egypt.

Their solution, accuse Jeremiah of lying and doing their own thing.

When seeking God’s will for your life today’s reading has a couple of suggestions that might prove helpful.
• Seek a reliable source of God’s opinion – people who know the Bible well and the Bible itself are a good place to start.
• When the Bible disagrees with your opinion – change your opinion.

As much as I’d like to say that I always make good decisions, I can point to a few I made without consulting God’s Word. They didn’t work out so well.

What decisions have you made after thoroughly seeking God’s will? How did they turn out?
How did things turn out when you didn’t consult God first?