God Will Deliver

A Future for God's People
Turn to Me and Be Saved

Jeremiah 15:19-21 (the Message)
 ^19-21This is how God answered me:    "Take back those words, and I'll take you back.
   Then you'll stand tall before me.
Use words truly and well. Don't stoop to cheap whining.
   Then, but only then, you'll speak for me.
Let your words change them.
   Don't change your words to suit them.
I'll turn you into a steel wall,
   a thick steel wall, impregnable.
They'll attack you but won't put a dent in you
   because I'm at your side, defending and delivering."
         God's Decree.
"I'll deliver you from the grip of the wicked.
   I'll get you out of the clutch of the ruthless."
  
For Reflection
An angry Jeremiah, disappointed in God's support, complains and cries, "You're nothing, God, but a mirage,  a lovely oasis in the distance and then nothing."  How often have you felt like Jeremiah?  How often have you whined about some conflict or another? Could it be that Jeremiah was concerned more about how he felt and the effect of God's work on how he saw himself that he could not see God's defense?  Was Jeremiah speaking for himself rather than for God?  Think of a time when you thought you were carrying on God's work only to realize your objectives were more important than God's mission.

Pray
that you pray often enough that you understand the difference between your own defense and supporting God's work.  Pray that you screw up courage and fix yourself on God's mission at the expense of your own sacrifice.