September 7, 2013 – Jeremiah 42

Here we see the ones that were left in Israel that still had Jeremiah with them wanting to leave. Based on the actions of the one Israelite that we looked at last time, the feel the Babylon is going to come back and get rid of the rest of the Israelites. They, once again, go to Jeremiah and ask him to talk to God. God never neglects to answer them, the question is always whether they will listen. Do we have confidence that God will always give us an answer to our prayers. He always will. The question is not whether it is answered but whether we hear it and it we hear it, whether we will follow what God wants us to do. It is important for us to understand that God will always answer our prayers. That isn’t the question. It is our response to God’s answer that determines what happens. That is our gift of free will.