Never A Good Time To Give Up! Part II

Never a Good Time to Give Up!

Part II

A letter in a letter! That would be a good way to describe Jeremiah 29. Or we could say, “in the middle of a dark message is a bright light!” That would be another way to describe Jeremiah 29. Verse 11 is not the only bit of good news in this letter. There are five “bits of good news” contained in Jeremiah’s “letter in a letter.” The first bit of good news is found in verse 4.

God had not forgotten the people of Judah. He was angry with them. He was sending judgment their way but he had not forgotten them nor was he giving them the silent treatment. Note verse 4. “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:” God was speaking to them.

Have you ever gone through tough times and felt as if God was giving you the silent treatment or that He had forgotten you? Remember Job’s wife? She encouraged Job to forget about God since it appeared that God had forgotten about Job.

If you haven’t gone through times like this, you will. Sorry. But life is tough at times. People make poor choices that cause great dilemmas for us. And sometimes we don’t even have to count on others and their choices. We are quite capable on our own to make enough poor choices and get ourselves in a pickle. We don’t need help doing that.

So when you go through these times, always remember that God hasn’t forgotten you. He has your name written on his hand. He still remembers the details of your life even down to the hairs on your head or the hairs that used to be there for some of us.

No matter how you feel today or how you will feel in the days to come, you are not forgotten. God knows your name and has His eye on you!

Remember what our friend Job said in chapter 23:8-10 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. {9} When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”

Remember, it’s never a good time to give up!

Always in Pursuit!