Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 6 April 2022
TOPIC: The Edible Word
READ: Jeremiah 15:10-21 (NKJV)
- Woe is me, my mother, That you have borne me, A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for interest, Nor have men lent to me for interest. Every one of them curses me.
- The LORD said: “Surely it will be well with your remnant; Surely I will cause the enemy to intercede with you In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.
- Can anyone break iron, The northern iron and the bronze?
- Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price, Because of all your sins, Throughout your territories.
- And I will make [you] cross over with your enemies Into a land [which] you do not know; For a fire is kindled in My anger, [Which] shall burn upon you.”
- O LORD, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
- Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.
- I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation.
- Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, [Which] refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, [As] waters [that] fail?
- Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.
- And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; And they will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you; For I [am] with you to save you And deliver you,” says the LORD.
- “I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.”
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 6 April 2022 MESSAGE
In our reading today, Prophet Jeremiah was in a serious persecution for his commitment to truth in the prophetic ministry. His life was in danger; he complained greatly and even declared woe on himself (v.10). It was indeed a trying time for him.
However, in the midst of the trials, something great happened: He found God’s word and ate it; and the word was unto him joy and happiness (v.16). There is a gladdening and strengthening effect of ‘eating’ the word of God:
It is manna to the hungry soul, and to the weary, it is rest. No matter your present situation, by faith and sincere desire, prayerfully seek a divine word as food for you. If you do so, you will notice, like Elijah, divine strength that will carry you through the journey of life – (I Kings 19:7,8).
PRAYER: Oh Lord, show me a word from you that I may ‘eat’ it and find strength.
