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Devotional: October 18th

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Jeremiah 36:1-15

We have already come across Baruch, Jeremiah’s faithful friend and secretary (Jeremiah 32:12) . His name means "blessed". Although he belonged to a noble family (his brother, Seraiah, was the king’s head chamberlain: Jeremiah 51:59 JND trans.), this man had chosen the company of the hated, scorned and imprisoned prophet rather than that of the princes to which his birth made him eligible. He makes us think of Onesiphorus, that devoted brother who visited Paul in prison in Rome and about whom Paul could write to Timothy: "He oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain . . . and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well" (2 Timothy 1:16-18). Baruch too is always ready to serve, despite the risks which that involves. Let us admire — and desire to possess — this tremendous eagerness prompted by love for God, for His servant and for His people. In this instance he has to write down the words of God Himself as dictated by Jeremiah, the prisoner (cf. Romans 16:22); then he has to read them to all Judah on the day of fasting. One listener called Michaiah, who was particularly attentive, rushes to tell the princes and they summon Baruch to give them a private reading of what was on this roll.

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