When Jeremiah fell into discouragement watching the triumph of evil, God helped him by providing perspective. 1. God rebuked Jeremiah with the perspective that there is worse suffering. (v.1-6) 2. God re-oriented Jeremiah with the perspective of a bigger lament – that God watched the triumph of evil in His own beloved people, and that God would need to abandon His people, in order to reorient and heal them. (v.7-13) 3. God re-assured Jeremiah with the perspective that God would uproot and re-establish nations, in order to re-assure His people with a long-term view, and invite all nations to worship Him. (v.14-17) Applying: Where do we see God's character in this passage? How do we explain that the wicked are prospering? Psalm 73:1-28 Why do we think we know better than God? Job 38:2-3 Who should question whom? Romans 9:20
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The Rev. Benjamin J. Snodgrass has been Pastor at Falls Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, since October, 2004. He graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and previously served at Grace Fellowship OPC in the Germantown area of...