Jeremiah 36:1-2, 26.
In the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.
These prophets sure had their work cut out for them. The Lord takes them by their ear and gives them directions, which they follow (though some of them a bit reluctantly) and then the people in charge get upset. What happens between the verses that I've shared above is that Jeremiah does this -- he gets Baruch to write the words down, and they share them, and the king gets angry.
These stories from the Hebrew Scriptures, while at times difficult to follow because of the seemingly strange names and lists of who begat whom, are fascinating to me. Because after the threat to arrest them comes, and the Lord hides them, they get up and do it again. Persistent prophets, and a protective God. Today, may you feel the protection of God and have the persistence of the prophet's to share that message.
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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