How Will You Compete With
Horses?
You will be in the right, O LORD, when I lay charges against
you; but let me put my ease to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why
do all who are treacherous thrive? You plant them, and they take root; they grow
and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.
But you, O Lord, know me; You see me and test me my heart is with you. Pull
them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of
slaughter. How long will the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither?
For the wickedness of those who live in it the animals and the birds are swept
away, and because people said, He is blind to our ways.
If you have raced with foot-runners and they have wearied you, how
will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you fall down, how will you
fare in the thickets of the
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have
given the beloved of my heart into the hands of her enemies. My heritage has
become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me
therefore I hate her. Is the hyena greedy for my heritage at my command? Are
the birds of prey all around her? Go, assemble all the wild animals; bring them
to devour her. Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled
down my portion, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They
have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made
desolate, but no one lays it to heart. Upon all the bare heights in the desert
spoilers have come; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land
to the other; no one shall be safe. They have sown wheat and have reaped
thorns, they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be
ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Thus says the LORD concerning all my evil neighbors who touch
the heritage that I have given my people
Jeremiah 12:1-17
You may have been dealing with small issues. But there comes a
time when you will deal with large issues. The LORD may need to toughen you up.
He may tell you that it will get worse. Just remember that when He asks you to
run with horses, instead of men, He will be there to strengthen and sustain
you. That is what God does.
We are called to press forward for the
prize,
the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Our Daily Bread