A Word from the Lord

2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 40-41; Revelations 12 

“The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He found Jeremiah bound in chains…‘The Lord your God decreed this disaster for this place. And now the Lord has brought it about…All this happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him. But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists…’”

Jeremiah 40:1-4

Can God speak to us through people who don’t know God as we do?

Jeremiah had been calling the people of Jerusalem and Judah to hear the word of the Lord and obey him. A foreign commander, Judah’s enemy, spoke the same word of the Lord. God used an army commander to speak to his people. 

In our lives, who is God using to speak to us?

Perhaps he is using someone we wouldn’t normally listen to, or who would seem to have nothing of value to say to us. Jeremiah found freedom at the hands of a Babylonian officer. Perhaps God also wants to speak freedom to us.

“Lord Jesus, you are my liberating commander. Thank you that it is for freedom that you have set me free.”