Egypt to fall
Day 382, Thursday, Aug. 28
Jeremiah Chapters 46 and 47
Even mighty Egypt will fall to the king of Babylon, Jeremiah prophesies. God says, “I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers.”
But even in this destruction lies a kernel of hope.
“Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will once again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.”
“I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

-Rev. Mark Fleming

Thursday meditation

Job 27:13-23
“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty: However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat. The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them. Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”

Prayer focus
Lord, may we see the hope beyond the hardship.