Seize the Moment – Day 888
The Seed of Hope!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, August 22.
Have you ever felt forlorn, only to be surprised by a glimmer of hope? A small ray of sunshine can make a big splash in dark circumstances, transforming your attitude, and giving you a more positive outlook.
The book of 2 Kings ends with the same story as the book of Jeremiah. Do you know why? Because the people of God felt all hope was gone after the destruction of Jerusalem and their exile to Babylon, so God gave them a glimmer of hope in the form of a seed. That seed is explained in 2 Kings 25:27-30:
Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison; and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life; and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life (cf. Jeremiah 52:31-34).
Jehoiachin was of the seed of David! The story of his release from prison was a declaration of hope that not all was lost because the royal line of David was being preserved. God was keeping His covenant promise, found in 2 Samuel 7:13, “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” There was a seed of hope because God is faithful to keep His promises!
Seize the moment and put your hope in Jesus Christ, the son of David, the fulfiller of God’s promises (Romans 1:3-4; 2 Corinthians 1:20).