Day 234

2 Kings 24:20b-25:2; Jeremiah 39:1; 52:3b-5; Ezekiel 22:17-24:14.  “In the Cooking Pot”

         Have you ever felt like you were in the “cooking pot”?  In the 1987 AFC Championship football game between Cleveland and Denver, Ernest Byner fumbled the ball just as he got ready to score a touchdown.  That mistake cost the Cleveland Browns the championship, a trip to the Super Bowl and is what most people remember about Ernest Byner.  Even though Ernest Byner had an otherwise stellar fourteen-year career in the NFL and was ranked 16th on the all-time rushing list, many angry Cleveland fans will not forget the "infamous fumble."  His fumble ruined an otherwise impressive performance, as he finished the game with 67 rushing yards, 7 receptions for 120 yards, and 2 touchdowns.
         When you’re in the “cooking pot” you wish you could do things over.  No one felt that more than Judah.  They were under siege for 2 ½ years.  If they could back up the clock for a do-over they would.  But they had ignored the warnings cried out for years by God’s prophets.  Maybe not from a fumble, but most of the time we wind up in the “cooking pot” we have gone there willfully.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?