Jeremiah preaches the temple sermon and gets arrested for it: this man should be sentenced to death. His defense is no defense at all, just the truth restated: the LORD sent me. Do with me whatever you think is good and right.

Courage is not the absence of a trial. It is what you say at one. Today, watch a man stake everything on having been sent.

Two prophets preached the same sermon. Jeremiah lived; Uriah died. Faithfulness carries no safety guarantee, which is exactly why Jeremiah's defense is so striking: the LORD sent me, do with me what you think right. Sentness settled his script before the court convened.

Paul's never tire of doing good belongs to the same endurance family, faithfulness measured in decades of unglamorous continuing. And Psalm 85 promises what sustains it: a world where love and faithfulness meet, righteousness and peace kiss. Speak sent words this week. Outcomes report to Someone above the courtroom.