#soap # Jeremiah 42 ## Title: Whether We Like it or Not ## Scripture: (Jeremiah 42:6) “We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”” (NET) ## Observation: I like the way they say this. It is as if they already know God is likely to say something they don’t like. It doesn’t matter. Even if God says something they would rather not hear, they will obey. They know that God’s way is the best way. It’s like when my girls were little and didn’t want to take medicine. I had one daughter who would cry and cry as though we were choking her. We would swallow candy bigger than the little pills we were asking her to take, but she just couldn’t do it. We had to convince her to take the medicine whether she wanted to or not because it would help her. We should see our relationship with God like that. We trust Him, even if we would rather not do what He is leading us to. We trust that He knows what He is doing and it is all for His glory, which is also our good. ## Application: Trust the Lord and do what His Word says, whether we like it or not. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for always being trustworthy.