God’s message to Baruch - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

Do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them.
Jeremiah 45: 5.

God's message to Baruch
God sent this personal message to Baruch, the scribe in the service of the prophet Jeremiah. He may well have hoped for honour and riches. After all, he mastered the art of writing and so fulfilled an important task.

But God looked into the depths of his soul and asked him this heart-searching question: "Do you seek great things for yourself?" Baruch felt that he had been seen through. He was now challenged to account for himself both to God and himself. God added an admonition to the question: "Do not seek them!"

How apt is the warning, which is also in the Bible: .

This piece of wisdom proved true in the autumn of 2008 for all whose wealth was invested in stocks and shares. Why? Because trust in the financial world, essential for the stock exchange, was lost, resulting in an unparalleled crash. Some people lost everything, others lost a lot. How tragic to put all one's eggs in one basket or, metaphorically, bet on the wrong horse!

Today God earnestly calls on us to "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matthew 6: 33). God does not want to withhold anything from us. But we must first get our priorities right. Then we shall learn how He cares for us.

Today‘s reading: 2 Kings 18: 1 - 25 · 1 John 4: 7 - 14