DAILY READINGS: Exodus 39:1-43; Psalms 92:1-93:5; Acts 23:12-35
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not [lack] a man to stand before me for ever. Jeremiah 35:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David. Jeremiah 36:30
Because the sons of Jonadab obeyed their father’s commands faithfully, the blessing of God came upon their family forever. In contrast, Jehoiakim despised the word of God and thus brought dishonour on his descendants. How are we living before God? Our children? Let us live to make a generational difference. —D. Pickup
Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free:
How sweet would be their children’s fate,
If they, like them, could die for Thee! —Frederick W. Faber