The LORD Is With Me
Like A Mighty Warrior
You
deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am
ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long. But if I say, “I will not mention his word or
speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up
in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are
waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will
prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”
But the LORD is with
me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They
will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let
me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the LORD!
Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the
wicked.
Jeremiah
20:7-13
Jeremiah was
sensitive and melancholy, which was compounded by his heart break over God’s
judgment on disobedient
To make matters
worse, his prophetic message of judgment was not well received. He was
imprisoned in a cistern filled with mire. Opposition to his ministry had gotten
the great prophet stuck in a place of despair.
Sometimes in our
attempts to serve the Lord, we can feel stuck in painful circumstances and
surprising heartache. But the prophet’s resilience should inspire us to
persevere. Jeremiah’s sense of divine call was so strong he could not be
deterred from serving the Lord.
Have the results of
your service for the Lord been disappointing? Ask Him to renew your heart by
His Spirit, and continue to serve God despite your setbacks.
No
service for Christ is insignificant.
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