Heralds Digest

“Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”...For thus says the LORD: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.’” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭32:26-27, 42‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.32.26-27,42.nkjv The difference between the conviction of sin or every form of unrighteousness and the assurance of salvation is the admittance of the grace of God. Without the receipt of God’s grace, the convicted soul is perpetually crushed by the heavy load of sin and the consequences of his wrongdoing. Prophet Jeremiah sought the face of God with great burden, after a clear conception of the sin of Judah and Israel or the righteous review of the consequences of God’s judgement. Thereafter, the promise of future restoration from God became inconceivable for the righteous prophet of God. Whereas, just as one trust the power of God’s wo...

“And fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭32:43‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.32.43.nkjv The onset of hopelessness may be due to the condition of the state of affairs in the family, career and state life, it eventually ends up as the product of the condition of the mind. Hopelessness is the sickness of the mind that requires greater impact of the supernatural, beyond the therapy of decent declarations. Prophet Jeremiah had responded to the divine declaration by faith, being the word of God that demands the action of an obedient servant of God. But obedience to the Lord's instructions may not remove the onset of hopelessness within the heart. And as expected, he had expressed his burden rightly by making decent declarations of the abilities of the Lord, even when the realities on ground make little or no sense. Therefore, he waited on the Lord until a definit...