Jeremiah 32:17-19 KJV
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Jeremiah was asked to do something amazing in this chapter; God had him purchase a piece of property as a testimony that this land would one day again be the Jews.
Not that Jeremiah got to occupy the property. We know that he was eventually forcibly taken to Egypt where, from all we can find out, he spent his last days.
Jeremiah was an object lesson to the people of Israel. His rewards were never intended to be earthly and, even the price of the land though not recovered on the earth would have been restored to him manifold in glory.
God does bless His people today. In most cases, God's favor upon those who call upon Him and who obey Him will follow them not only in heaven but also on this earth. However, God's ultimate reward is not of this earth and no child of God should be cast down by those whose faith is tried in extreme ways, even if it is themselves who are the tried. Our goal is God's glory - in all things. We must carefully focus on that object or we will drift towards the desire to be blessed for blessing's sake, and not for the glory of God.
The goal must be God's glory.
In all things God's glory
In blessing, God's glory
In trial, God's gloryThat focus will help us make the right decisions that look like they hurt us at first. But we can never ultimately be hurt if we do all we do to the glory of God.
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Jeremiah was asked to do something amazing in this chapter; God had him purchase a piece of property as a testimony that this land would one day again be the Jews.
Not that Jeremiah got to occupy the property. We know that he was eventually forcibly taken to Egypt where, from all we can find out, he spent his last days.
Jeremiah was an object lesson to the people of Israel. His rewards were never intended to be earthly and, even the price of the land though not recovered on the earth would have been restored to him manifold in glory.
God does bless His people today. In most cases, God's favor upon those who call upon Him and who obey Him will follow them not only in heaven but also on this earth. However, God's ultimate reward is not of this earth and no child of God should be cast down by those whose faith is tried in extreme ways, even if it is themselves who are the tried. Our goal is God's glory - in all things. We must carefully focus on that object or we will drift towards the desire to be blessed for blessing's sake, and not for the glory of God.
The goal must be God's glory.
In all things God's glory
In blessing, God's glory
In trial, God's gloryThat focus will help us make the right decisions that look like they hurt us at first. But we can never ultimately be hurt if we do all we do to the glory of God.
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