Scripture Union Daily Guide – 14 January 2026: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Wednesday
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TOPIC: Restoration After Judgment
OPENING PRAYER
Oh Lord, grant me divine guidance as I read and meditate on your word in Jesus name.
SCRIPTURE READING
Jeremiah 16:1-21(NKJV)
The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land: 4 “They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
5 For thus says the Lord: “Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people,” says the Lord, “lovingkindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. 7 Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother. 8 Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”
9 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of [a]mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 “And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; ‘they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law. 12 And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one [b]follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. 13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.’
14 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 15 but, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes. 18 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”
19 O Lord, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
20 Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?
21 “Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them to know
My hand and My might;
And they shall know that My name is the Lord.
QUESTIONS FOR MEDITATION
►Q1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
►Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
►Q6: Is there any prayer for me to remember?
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In today’s reading, the Lord forbade Prophet Jeremiah to marry or bear children in Judah. He had withdrawn His blessing, love and mercy from the land. Undignified death awaited its inhabitants, therefore, raising a family in such a place was hopeless (Jeremiah 16:1-4).
The people added their own sins to the wickedness of their ancestors, making God’s judgment inevitable (Jeremiah 16:10-13). But in Jeremiah 16:14-15, God, in His own mercy, promised to restore the Israelites to their own land from wherever He had scattered them. This is the characteristic of the Lord in His covenant dealings with His people. He is not willing to destroy them completely. His greater concern is that they would turn from their evil ways back to Him (see 2 Peter 3:9b).
In the meantime, judgment was inevitable. He would send “fishermen” (v.16a) and “hunters” (Jeremiah 16:16b) after them. There is no hiding place for the sinner.
We end today’s reading on a note of universal deliverance as the nations renounce their idols and turn to God. It is only when we turn to God and serve Him faithfully that He reveals His might and power to us in our daily walk with Him (Jeremiah 16:19-21).
PRAYER OF FAITH
Philippians 4:7
INSIGHT
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
CLOSING PRAYER
Lord, I repent and renounce all my wrong doings. Restore me to your grace and mercy.
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Job 38-39
Prayer Bulletin – Wed 14 January, 2026
PRAYER FOCUS
FRUITFULNESS IN SERVICE
“Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so that you will be my disciples. John 15:8
THANK GOD FOR:
•The burning zeal to work for Him especially in S.U
•The impact our work has been having on children, young people and families
PRAY FOR:
•God will cause our services to yield more positive increase.
•God will help us to be more committed to serving Him.
•God will bring to naught every agenda of the enemy against His work.
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