Jeremiah chapters 38-39, 52

The stories we hear today will serve as an illustrationThey illuminate a line from the prayer Jesus taught us- you know it and you’ve prayed it–maybe many times• it is one-third of a petition“hallowed [revered] be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt. 6:9-10)• it is that last line I hear in these two stories◦ one teaches us what happens when we resist God’s will and the other when we surrender to his will- I don’t expect you to remember the names of the characters, so I’ll give their brief biographies• the three key figures are Jeremiah the prophet and the two kings Jehoiachin and Zedekiah