Jeremiah 32 Incredible! 

What does it take to be a prophet in the times of Israel? It takes fortitude and patience even when the skies are dark with enemies surrounding your beloved and chosen city and its people. That is where we find Jeremiah in this chapter. Incredible that God would tell him to buy a field that is in the hands of the enemy! How incredible that a fellow cousin would offer to sell Jeremiah a plot of land that he may never get to see or use! Yet, as Isaiah had said, the ways of the Lord are not our ways. “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the Lord,  “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans” Jeremiah knew and believed that thought and followed through with his cousin knowing full well the days ahead may be fraught with war, disease and death. 

At this time, Jeremiah was given a word of the Lord that he would restore the land. Would Jeremiah see it happen? God knows. But one thing we learn is Jeremiah knew and believed this about God: “Oh, SovereignLord, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mightypower and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!” 

When life is hard, how do you respond? Like Jeremiah or like the foolish king Zedekiah who did not believe Jeremiah’s words and in the end faced Nebuchadnezzar and was blinded by him as he sought to escape. 

Think about it.