Jeremiah – The Weeping Prophet
W/c Monday 28th October 2024
Jeremiah 15:15-21; Lamentations 3:22-33
How do you keep going when life is hard?
Where is the strength found to face each day when you know it’ll be full of pain?
Jeremiah is often called “the weeping prophet” because of his hard, lonely and miserable 40 years of prophesying. His job was to remind God’s people that because of their sin, Babylon was on the horizon, ready to invade and destroy them.
He was quite unpopular to put it mildly.
“I will make you a wall,” God reassured Jeremiah. “The people will fight against you but will not overcome you. For I am with you.”
Jeremiah knew what it was to feel utterly miserable. He spoke God’s Word through tears to an angry, hateful people. But he kept going. His close, personal relationship with God was the heart of his character, his hope and his endurance. When he was utterly abandoned, he was still held by God, his faithful friend.
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,” Jeremiah reflected. “For His compassions never fail.” In your own heartache, the weeping prophet will help you see how to live through such seasons in the arms of the God who loves you and will never let you go.