God is looking for people like Jeremiah, Samuel, Isaiah, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel, Daniel and other biblical Prophets to tell people about him.
Perhaps not many Christians know that biblical Prophet Jeremiah was thrown into a dry well and left to die. Jeremiah was a fearless prophet sent by God. He introduced himself as a born prophet. Before he was formed in his mother’s womb God had anointed and ordained him to be His mouthpiece to all the nations, Jeremiah 1:5. And like any human being, Jeremiah was afraid about his assignment, but God assured him that He would protect him.
Be not
afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee. Jeremiah 1:8
Jeremiah faced many enemies of God. Kings and subjects
didn’t want to hear the truths coming from Jeremiah. They had itching ears, and
to them their desires were what mattered. False prophecies were sweet to them
and they preferred the prophets who could tell them good tidings. Jeremiah
therefore contended with the forces of darkness, but he was unperturbed. He
delivered his prophecies as he heard from God.
Jeremiah faced enemies of God from all fronts. King
Zedekiah, the King of Judah during which time Jeremiah was sent by God was not
comfortable with Jeremiah. Each time Zedekiah sent to Prophet Jeremiah
expecting to hear good prophecy about the nation, Jeremiah would prophesy that
the people would be captured and enslaved by the Babylonian King.
Remember King Zedekiah was made King by Nebuchadrezzar
of Babylon and he paid allegiance to Babylon. King Zedekiah whose father was
Josiah wanted to hear what pleased him, whereas God’s message should not be
twisted to please him. Here was the prophecy of Jeremiah that landed him in
trouble:
He told the
King that he would be delivered into the hand of the King of Babylon. Jeremiah 37:17
King Zedekiah felt bad about the prophecy of Jeremiah
and invited other Prophets who prophesied otherwise that all would be well with
the nation, and nothing of what Jeremiah had said would happen to the King and
the nation. King Zedekiah then commanded that Jeremiah should be committed into
the prison. Then the following four men: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal and Pashur
suggested that Jeremiah should be put to death instead, because his negative
prophecies were weakened the mighty warriors of Israel and weakened their
spirits.
Therefore
the princes said unto the King, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death:
for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and
the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man
seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Jeremiah 18:4
King Zedekiah accepted the advice of the princes, but exonerated
himself of the consequence of their action against Jeremiah. The King answered
them and said:
Behold he is
in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Jeremiah 38:5
Then the people took Jeremiah and threw him into a
deep dry well intending that he would die of suffocation. But God used a
certain black man by name Ebedmelech from Ethiopia, a foreigner for that
matter to rescue Jeremiah. When Ebedmelech heard what the people did to
Jeremiah, he went to the King’s house and told the King. Ebedmelech’s words to King Zedekiah:
My lord the
king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the
prophet, Whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger
in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. Jeremiah 38:9
King Zedekiah commanded Ebedmelech to go with thirty able
men to bring out Jeremiah from the dungeon. Then Jeremiah who had been in the
deep dry well for hours was brought out alive.
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| Graphic Pix: Prophet Jeremiah being pulled out of the Well |
Prophet Jeremiah was not making money from his
prophetic assignment. He didn’t exploit anybody or see it as a business. He was called and he saw it
as such. It was a call to obey. Can we have such prophets in our time whose
mission is not to make money and to be rich and famous? God help us in Jesus name,
Amen! God is looking for people like Jeremiah,
Samuel, Isaiah, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel, Daniel and other biblical Prophets to
tell people about him.
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