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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
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Day 473

"Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch"

Text: Jeremiah 45:1

A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Baruch was the scribe of Jeremiah the prophet. He had faithfully followed and supported Jeremiah for many years, through thick and thin. But spiritually, he was quite worn out.

“The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
‘You said, ‘Woe is me now! For the LORD has added grief to my sorrow.
I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.”'”
Jeremiah 45:1-3

1. “The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying”

a) This was a personal word from Jeremiah to Baruch.

b) He had written all the words that Jeremiah instructed him to pen.

c) The context was in the days of king Jehoiakim.

2. “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch”

a) The word of encouragement came from Jeremiah.

b) The LORD God of Israel was the Source of this word of encouragement.

3. “You said, ‘Woe is me now! For the LORD has added grief to my sorrow.
I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.'”

a) God was aware of what Baruch had said.

i) “Woe is me.”

ii) He had both grief and sorrow.

iii) He felt faint.

iv) He sighed often.

v) There was no rest.

b) These words indicate the following:

i) Baruch was highly stressed up.

ii) He felt the pressure of serving God in the reign of Jehoiakim.

iii) Serving with Jeremiah was no easy task at all.