He Will
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 10:27AM Jeremiah 33:6 ESV
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
Jeremiah was called by God to proclaim to the people of Judah the inevitable fall of their country. The Country he loved. The temple he worshiped in from his youth. The farms he played in. All would be swept away by God. The wickedness of his society was such that its fall was truly inevitable. No righteous king could halt the march. King Josiah, in all his zeal, could only delay it a few years. The Prophets could only save a prepare a few souls for the captivity that would come to them. As Daniel and his friends had to be prepared to stand righteously in the court of debauchery.
Jeremiah is also called to sing this song to us as well. No, his message was not written to us but it was written for us, and for all who are called to watch their beloved nation sink into moral depravity. To all who are called to fight against the see of decay, so evident in what they love. In the heat of this sorrow God has given us the message. He will heal, he will restore, he will rebuild, he will cleanse, he will forgive. Not only is he the one that must pass the sentence and execute justice on his people, in all his greatness he also fixes, heals, and restores.
Notice in these verses who the primary actor is. Ezra, Nehemiah, and the host of others are not the primary actors in healing and rebuilding the nation. God is. They function as the tools and hands God is using but God is the primary actor, and his will is the primary will. Even as we face uncertain days and perilous times, know that God will restore in his time.
As Augustine was called to watch Rome fall and in his grief, was able to articulate The City of God. We are called to endure difficult circumstance but in it God gives us great opportunity to bless generations we will never know. Let us not be overwhelmed by what was but let us look to the future. And overwhelm the present with the power, majesty, and grace of our loving lord. That we might be overwhelmed by him in eternity.
CRUCE, DUM SPIRO, FIDO
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