Feb 2, 2025

God's Word Endures

 


Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: "Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Juday has burned." 
(Jer. 36:27-28)(ESV)

The Lord specifically instructed Jeremiah to write out on a scroll a special message of judgment for the people of Judah. But the king of Judah did not like the message, so he cut the scroll in pieces and burned it in a fire. But this did not stop God's truth from coming to Judah, for the Lord simply instructed Jeremiah to rewrite the message on another scroll--with even more prophecies than the first scroll! God's Word will always endure, despite human attempts to destroy it. Let us praise God that his truth stands forever.

GOD OF ALL TRUTH, we thank you for giving us your Word. Help us stand firm upon your truth, for it cannot be shaken. By your Spirit cause us to understand your messages in Scripture. Amen.

(from the Praise and Worship Study Bible - Tyndale House)

Psalm 122:1

I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord." (HCSB)