July 19

Jeremiah 43
You can run, but you can’t hide! It is an old saying, but true. Johanan and others did not like the Word from the Lord, which they received in Jerusalem from Jeremiah. So they ran and forced Jeremiah to come with them. They ran to Egypt. Egypt was arguably one of the world’s greatest powers at the time. Surely Nebuchadnezzar could not touch them there. You can run, but you cannot hide! The Lord sent word through Jeremiah that Nebuchadnezzar was coming! Right from the very spot where Jeremiah gave the word, Nebuchadnezzar would set up camp! Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary says:
Josephus tells us that in his twenty-third year, Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt, slew the Pharaoh, set up another, and carried the Jewish remnant to Babylon (Antiq. x, ix. 7). A fragmentary inscription, now in the British Museum, records that Nebuchadnezzar actually invaded Egypt in 568 B.C. when Amasis (570–526 B.C.) was Pharaoh. Amasis seems to have heeded the warning and thereafter remained on good terms with the Babylonians.
It is the glory of the Lord that we can run, but we cannot hide! So, why do we run? It is nothing but pride that keeps us running. Lord, enable me to lay down my pride and embrace Your Word. Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john