July 14

Jeremiah 38
In Matthew 10:39 Jesus says, “He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.” Zedekiah is an interesting case study in this principle in life. Zedekiah desperately wanted to remain king. He wanted that more than obedience to the Lord. He had a choice, hang on to what he wanted, or let go and submit to the king of Babylon. If he were to let go, the Lord promised him life. If not, well we will soon see what happened to Zedekiah. Ultimately, he hung on to his life and lost it.
As I write, I have a friend who is struggling with this same issue. We worked with him to get him to a point where he was almost on his own feet again. Then, in a desperate attempt to provide his own companionship, he lost most of the headway that he had made. You see, he wasn’t willing to lose his life. Now he is struggling with the depression over another failure and again waffling with losing his own life. Do we not do the same thing? Our choices are just more culturally acceptable than his were. It is the glory of the Lord that He should enable us to lose our lives in HIM! Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john