Jeremiah 38:1-28
‘No
Surrender’ - Lord, was this the way forward for Your people? ‘No
Surrender’ - What would happen if Your people adopted this attitude?
Jeremiah speaks Your Word to the people. He calls them to make their
choice. They can ‘surrender’ and ‘live.’ They can say, ‘No Surrender’ -
and face certain death (Jeremiah 38:17-18). Captivity in Babylon would
not be easy. They would be heartbroken as they recalled happier times -
‘By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.’ It
would be so difficult to keep on praising You - ‘How shall we sing the
Lord’s song in a foreign land?’ (Psalm 137:1,4). Life in Babylon would
be difficult - but ‘it would not be the end of the world’! They could
still look forward to the fulfilment of Your ‘gracious promise’: ‘I will
come to you and bring you back to this place’ (Jeremiah 29:10).
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