Our Verse: Jer 38:11 “Put these rags under your armpits, they'll protect you from the ropes.”

Today's story is about a genuine hero. His name- Ebedmellech. He lived about 2600 years ago. We call him Ebb.
As a official in the King's household, He became aware of the prophet Jeremiah's imprisonment. He risked his own position to save Jeremiah from a terrible dungeon. When he asked for Jeremiah's release, amazingly, the king consented. (The king respected Jeremiah, but caved in to his counsellors and had him jailed.) Ebb immediately mounted a rescue mission. With 30 men, he headed for the dungeon. Jeremiah had been thrown into a sewer full of mud. It was dark and it stunk. His enemies decided to throw him in the stone tank, put a stone on top and slowly starve him to death. Out of sight, out of mind. Our hero, Ebb, watched all this happen and knew Jeremiah's fate. He approached the king humbly asking for his release. The king was a total wimp but knew Jeremiah served God. He didn't want him dead and quietly agreed to a rescue.

All this time, Jeremiah gave up, he quit! no possibility of rescue for him; he felt abandoned. But God had another plan, and it involved an Ethiopian slave, our pal Ebb. Completely outside Jeremiah's perception, God mounted a rescue plan! Jeremiah had been faithful to God, and God would be faithful to him.

It's really hard to describe what Jeremiah felt as the stone was moved. Dust and sunlight poured in the hole above him. A face looked down and said these words, “Put these rags under your armpits, they'll protect you from the ropes.” The mud around him squelched as he was pulled out!

God was faithful to Jeremiah. He uses people and circumstances we can't imagine to help us in our troubles. Be faithful to God and He will be faithful to you!

Read the whole rescue mission in Jeremiah 38