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Scripture Union Daily Guide 27 April 2020 – Speaking the truth to power

by Chibuzor Nwaobasi

Scripture Union Daily Guide 27 April 2020 

Topic: Speaking the truth to power

Opening Prayer: My dear heavenly Father, as I study your word, let it be a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

Scripture: Jeremiah 37: 1─21

Reflection
• Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?

Message: King Zedekiah, his attendants and the people of the land, did not pay attention to the word of the Lord through Prophet Jeremiah (v.2). Many people, especially leaders, like King Zedekiah, want God’s blessing but they are not ready to obey his word. They ask men of God to pray for them, participate in public prayers and religious activities merely to be politically correct (v.3). What can we learn for Jeremiah in vv.11–17?

Jeremiah was falsely accused, harassed, beaten and imprisoned for speaking the truth but he remained truthful to God. For our message to be effective, we must be ready to confront corrupt leaders with the truth and be prepared to suffer for the sake of the truth (2 Timothy 3:12). We need to know that “God is not a man, that he should lie nor a son of man, that he should change his mind…” (Numbers 23:19 ─ NIV).

Scripture Union Daily Guide 27 April 2020

The truth of God’s word remains the same, it cannot change because of any one, instead it is men who need to change and conform their lives to God’s word wherever they are found wanting.

⁂ Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Practice/Word Application
• So What? We need Christians, like Jeremiah, who will speak the truth powerfully, at all times and in all situations, even if it will cause them their lives. Are you ready to be one of such men?

Prayer
• Ask for grace to be a Jeremiah in this generation.
Ask for grace to be a Jeremiah in this generation.
• Offer a prayer of faith in line with James 1:17

Read the Bible in one Year
Num. 3–4; Rev. 15

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