In Jeremiah 11:18-19 God reveals to his prophet that the people of his home town are seeking to kill him. Jeremiah had trusted their words of assurance. Yet God provided for Jeremiah. In verse 20 Jeremiah turns the entire situation over to God. He acted just as David had acted generations earlier. When troubles arose within the assembly of Israel David and Jeremiah trusted in God to vindicate them. They trusted God’s judgment, and his actions of justice. Though they were in positions of influence they allowed their detractors to have their say. They continued to speak God’s truth and trusted him to demonstrate his ultimate justice. Sometimes it costs them pain, or honor. But God was glorified in the process. I wonder if that truth was behind Paul’s words to the believers in Corinth (1 Cor 6:1-11). Especially his challenge in 6:7; “Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?”
Stuart
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