Daily Dose #27 (Monday, April 13, 2020)

Good day church family, and welcome to Daily Dose Episode #27 for Monday, April 13.  

Today I want to share Jeremiah 33:1-3 with us today – here is what it says: “While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time: 2 “This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: 3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’”

This word came to Jeremiah during the terrible final siege of the Babylonians against Jerusalem in the last years of King Zedekiah’s reign.  Zedekiah put Jeremiah in the royal prison for preaching in the name of the Lord that the Babylonians would succeed (Jeremiah 32:1-5).

Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guard – locked up – he wasn’t going anywhere.  Many of us are confined to the courtyards of our homes like we have never been before.  Nowhere to go – struggling with what to do – even being challenged with our purpose some days.

But the truth is that even in the confinement of our homes, or our own courtyards, God still wants to speak to us.  Just as the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in his confinement (vs. 1), God wants to speak to us today.  He wants to remind us about our worth – how much we are valued.  He wants to remind us about all the things He has promised for us and about us.

The question for us as we are dealing with our confinement is this – do we have our hearts open to the voice of our God?  As we are in the confinement of our courtyards, are we open and ready for our God to speak to us in this time?

So as I close today’s Daily Dose, this is my prayer for us as a church family:

·      Jesus, we want to align our lives with you as our King.

·      Jesus, we want to align our lives with your Kingdom and your Kingdom value.

Jesus, please come and speak to us.  Please come and speak to us as we are confined to our homes.  Jesus, please come and bring creativity to our families as we live lives that are more confined, for most of us, than we have ever experienced in our lives.  Amen.