Christian Devotional – November 7, 2022

The Weeping Prophet, Day 34

What is fair? Read Jeremiah chapter 34.

The Lord had requested obedience on a certain command. The people had continued slavery, even though God had specifically told them to free their Hebrew brothers and sisters every 7 years. The people had refused to do that. However, God told them to free the people and so they had done it. Unfortunately, they decided they didn’t like that and so they had gone back and recaptured all of their slaves and forced them back into slavery.

God was not happy. In a very sarcastic tone, and almost using air quotes, God tells the people that because they didn’t give these slaves freedom, he is going to give the people “freedom.” Except their freedom would be freedom from life. He was going to bring judgment on them through famine and plague and sword.

When God gives us a command, he expects our obedience. And not just our obedience in the moment, but our obedience going forward. God does not change his mind and as a result we should not change our mind about our level of obedience to him. How do we need to obey today? In what areas do we need to be more obedient and surrendered?