The LORD used the exile as a means of instruction: teaching His people how to trust Him, exhorting them to submit to His purposes, and encouraging them to wait on…

The heart is inclined toward self-indulgence without regard for others, and this is especially true of despotic rulers; but this should shift our hope away from earthly kings to Christ…

Apart from grace, our hearts are in an incurable condition; and apart from Christ, we would face a terrifying conclusion.

When we trust in the Lord and make Him our trust, we will experience the fruit of His blessing and will be made useful for personal worship and practical ministry.

Doubt and idolatry lead us away from the Lord into a desert of the soul, but the Lord uses the results of this curse to drive us back to Himself…