12 Then you will CALL ON ME AND COME AND PRAY TO ME, AND I WILL LISTEN TO YOU. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and will bring you back from captivity. Jeremiah 29 NIV
I WILL LET MYSELF BE FOUND BY YOU,’ declares the Lord, ‘AND I WILL RESTORE YOUR FORTUNES … Jeremiah 29:14 NASB
“When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree. Jeremiah 29:14 MSG
We’ve seen that God has good PLANS for His people, even when far away in exile He’s still blessing them. I listened to a well known Bible teacher speaking about the dilemma parents have when disciplining their children. Should they punish or show mercy and that’s God’s dilemma as well. There’s always a tension between punishing or showing leniency. A Holy God must punish sin, but in Christ He has shown mercy to all mankind.
God told Judah, now exiled to Babylon, that they shouldn’t be afraid or give up hope. He was still with them in this pagan land and would bless them, just like Israel in Egypt. GOD CAN AND WILL KEEP US IN THE MOST DIFFICULT AND UNPROMISING SITUATIONS! But He’s telling Judah to PRAY AND SEEK HIM, the very thing they’d turned from.
3 “CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet because of the times he lived in and the judgements of God upon Judah, but there are some wonderful promises of God in his writings. GOD NEVER INTENDED HIS PEOPLE TO BE WITHOUT HOPE, that’s always from the enemy.
6 ‘“Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity/restore their fortunes … 8 I will cleanse them … and will FORGIVE all their sins of rebellion against me. 9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honour before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.” Jeremiah 33
God is going to honour His Name through His People once again in our day and ‘all nations on earth will know about it’. No one can hold back God’s Plans, they always come to fulfilment. Hallelujah
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