Two-Minute Manna

Feeling A Distance
James 4:8
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Daily Devotional with Pastor Jon
October 15, 2026
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:10-13

Ebed-melech went to the king and interceded on Jeremiah’s behalf. Then he gathered ropes and put rags around them so Jeremiah wouldn’t be bruised.

You might not be able to perform miracles. You might not have musical talent. You might not be an evangelist. You might feel like an Ethiopian, without anything to offer. But you can find a person in the pit - in your community, your school, your office. You can intercede on his behalf. Then you can do something to help him practically. You can pull him out of the pit . . .

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Galatians 6:1

Has there been someone who, seeing you were in a pit of some kind, found a way to do something, to say something, to share something that lifted you up? I’ve had those Ebed-melechs in my life and I thank God for them. Ask the Lord to show you someone in the pit, and God will honor your prayer.

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