August 7th

It took a lot of guts for Jehoiakim to burn the scroll that Jeremiah had written to him from the Lord.   As each page was read aloud he then had it burned.  It just goes to show that you can have unabashed courage that is often misplaced.   Perhaps he was mostly arrogant and impressed with himself and his idols.   Or perhaps he listened to all of the false prophets that were saying, "Peace and safety."    I'm sure that the Lord will bring this matter up to him again some day soon.