Jeremiah 38-40
Jeremiah explicitly tells King Zedekiah that he needs to surrender to the Chaldeans when they show up to take over. But the king doesn't, and he pays the price (2 eyeballs and all his houses). However, the Lord also command all of His people to serve the Chaldeans, and they would be rewarded. Promise made, Promise kept. They served them, and they flourished even while being ruled by foreigners.
So yeah, sometimes God wants us to surrender in order to live. We have to give up in order to win. It's a hard thing to do. Can you imagine the heat Zedekiah would have taken for surrendering? Though it can't be much worse than running like a coward. I don't even know why he asked Jeremiah's opinion if he wasn't even gonna try. Some battles aren't worth fighting, but running is never an appropriate response. You either stand and fight, or you surrender.
It's just funny to me how God can give such clear instructions that can be so blatantly ignored. Like in my own life... :/
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