Jeremiah 36
Invest in Intentional Relationships!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, May 2.
Moses had Joshua. Elijah had Elisha. Jesus had the Twelve. Paul had Timothy, and he exhorted him in 2 Timothy 2:2, “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” Life is hard and it’s not meant to be done alone. We are better together because the Kingdom of God is a relational kingdom. Who are the intentional people in your life who are strengthening your spiritual vitality and focusing your resolve to live on mission for Jesus?
Jeremiah had Baruch, and today’s chapter demonstrates what an important relationship it was to the prophet and his ministry. Although we caught a glimpse of Baruch previously in Jeremiah 32:12, it was not until Jeremiah 36:4-8 that we see his essential role as the prophet’s scribe and partner in the ministry:
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him. Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord. So you go and read from the scroll which you have written at my dictation the words of the Lord to the people in the Lord’s house on a fast day. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities. ….” Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.
We learn from Jeremiah’s ministry that none of us were designed to do life alone. You can’t accomplish the ministry God has for you all be yourself.
Seize the moment and do life together – invest in intentional relationships with people who strengthen your spiritual vitality and focus your resolve to live on mission for Jesus!
God bless you!
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