So Judah went into captivity, away from her land
(Jeremiah 52:27).
Jeremiah chapter 52 details the fall and destruction of
Jerusalem. What took centuries to build, the fire and the battering ram took
just days to destroy. King Zedekiah had been blinded, his children executed in
front of him. The temple priests and gatekeepers were killed. So Judah went
into captivity away from her land. It
was done… Or was it?
More than 600 years earlier Moses had declared: When you
and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart
and with all your soul . . . then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes
and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he
scattered you (Deuteronomy
30:2,3).
Once again we see a glimmer of hope beyond the present fog
of despair. This parallels our experience. The truth is that no matter how lost
we might be, no matter how far off track we may have wandered, there is always
a way home.
“In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the
people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the
Lord their God. They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it” (Jeremiah 50:4,5).
The blessing of exile is that it makes us long for home.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Is it time for you to leave
your exile and turn your face toward home? If so, what’s your next step?
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