BBD 07.30.14 Up a Tree (New)

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The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.30.14

Up a
Tree

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to
the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried
away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. - Jeremiah 29:1 NKJV.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you
will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will
seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. - Jeremiah
29:11-13 NKJV.

In
Papua, Indonesia lives the Korowai tribe that builds their homes in trees. Many
of us in the United States and other places have built tree houses when we were
kids or we have built them for our children. There is no comparison to the
houses that this tribe builds. The Korowai builds homes more than 100 feet in
the air which requires some very good engineering and construction skills.

The Korowai
tribe lives in a remote portion of the jungle and was only discovered by the
outside world in 1974 when a Dutch missionary found them. Why do the Korowai
build their homes so far up in the air? It is a way to protect themselves from
attack from other tribes and also from insects like mosquitoes. The tree homes
use Banyan or Wambom trees to form the main foundation of the house. The entire
tribe turns out to help with building one of these tree houses working together
to cut down trees and branches and to carry the necessary material to the top
of the chosen tree. Watching a video about the construction one man said that
he only knew of one person that had fallen from one of their tree houses. (Amusing Planet 01.11.13)

The people of the Kingdom of Judah were carried away in captivity
by the Babylonians to Babylonia and they would be there for 70 years. It was a
harsh reality, God’s people were in a strange place they did not want to be in
and now they hear from the Prophet Jeremiah that they will not be leaving
anytime soon. Many of those hearing the words of God through Jeremiah’s letter
would never return to Jerusalem and they would die in Babylonia. This was not
what they wanted to hear! This was not what they wanted, they all just wanted
to go back home, but going home was not going to happen for most of them.

Life has a way of driving us up a tree sometimes, of forcing us
out of our comfort zones, and into strange new environments, and situations
that we do not want to be in. When the Korowai
tribe was forced up trees to cope with surviving in their environment. The
tribe not only survived, they thrived and built houses in those trees. God had
instructions for His people in captivity in Babylonia, as to how they were to
survive and thrive there. Here are the instructions God gives to his people
through the Prophet Jeremiah: “Thus says the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have
caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and dwell in
them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and
daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so
that they may bear sons and daughters - that you may be increased there, and
not diminished. And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be
carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will
have peace (Jeremiah 29:4-7 NKJV).” When life drives you up a tree do what
God tells his people in Babylonia to do call upon God, seek God, for He has a
plan for your life “to give you a future and a hope (from
Jeremiah 29:11-13).” If life has you up a tree,
don’t give up! Maybe God has you there to build a new life that will be even
better than you knew before.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

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prayer - please pray for me.).

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If for
some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day” and read the devotional there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

07.30.14

Up a
Tree

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent
from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to
the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried
away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. - Jeremiah 29:1 NKJV.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you
will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will
seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. - Jeremiah
29:11-13 NKJV.

In
Papua, Indonesia lives the Korowai tribe that builds their homes in trees. Many
of us in the United States and other places have built tree houses when we were
kids or we have built them for our children. There is no comparison to the
houses that this tribe builds. The Korowai builds homes more than 100 feet in
the air which requires some very good engineering and construction skills.

The Korowai
tribe lives in a remote portion of the jungle and was only discovered by the
outside world in 1974 when a Dutch missionary found them. Why do the Korowai
build their homes so far up in the air? It is a way to protect themselves from
attack from other tribes and also from insects like mosquitoes. The tree homes
use Banyan or Wambom trees to form the main foundation of the house. The entire
tribe turns out to help with building one of these tree houses working together
to cut down trees and branches and to carry the necessary material to the top
of the chosen tree. Watching a video about the construction one man said that
he only knew of one person that had fallen from one of their tree houses. (Amusing Planet 01.11.13)

The people of the Kingdom of Judah were carried away in captivity
by the Babylonians to Babylonia and they would be there for 70 years. It was a
harsh reality, God’s people were in a strange place they did not want to be in
and now they hear from the Prophet Jeremiah that they will not be leaving
anytime soon. Many of those hearing the words of God through Jeremiah’s letter
would never return to Jerusalem and they would die in Babylonia. This was not
what they wanted to hear! This was not what they wanted, they all just wanted
to go back home, but going home was not going to happen for most of them.

Life has a way of driving us up a tree sometimes, of forcing us
out of our comfort zones, and into strange new environments, and situations
that we do not want to be in. When the Korowai
tribe was forced up trees to cope with surviving in their environment. The
tribe not only survived, they thrived and built houses in those trees. God had
instructions for His people in captivity in Babylonia, as to how they were to
survive and thrive there. Here are the instructions God gives to his people
through the Prophet Jeremiah: “Thus says the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have
caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and dwell in
them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and
daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so
that they may bear sons and daughters - that you may be increased there, and
not diminished. And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be
carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will
have peace (Jeremiah 29:4-7 NKJV).” When life drives you up a tree do what
God tells his people in Babylonia to do call upon God, seek God, for He has a
plan for your life “to give you a future and a hope (from
Jeremiah 29:11-13).” If life has you up a tree,
don’t give up! Maybe God has you there to build a new life that will be even
better than you knew before.

Copyright © 2014. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The .org
Burning Bush website

is being updated.

The Burning Bush websites have
received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 15 years online since
January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been
spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000 subscribers across the
world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top left hand corner of all of the pages.

Prayer Warriors Wanted! Please join the
Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an
email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Ed Wrather has retired from
pastoring full-time and has more time to pursue other ministry opportunities.
You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

Prayer Requests: Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of
prayer - please pray for me.).

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the
burningbushdevo devotional group by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the confirmation email.

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text group (Because of time constraints the devotional is only being sent now
in html format) by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org
and you may unsubscribe by sending a blank email to
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If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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