Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Your words were found, and I ate them"
Text: Jeremiah 15:16
PRAYER OF JEREMIAH II
Jeremiah’s prayer to God continues from the previous verses. He reflected on how he had responded to the Lord’s word. But the sorrows felt remained unabated!
“Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O LORD God of hosts.
I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.
Why is my pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream,
As waters that fail?”
Jeremiah 15:16-18
1. “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.”
a) God’s word
i) This was found.
ii) It was read and digested.
iii) Special joy was found.
b) God’s calling:
i) As a believer.
ii) As a prophet.
iii) Jeremiah was in the service of the LORD of hosts.
2. “I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with indignation.”
a) Jeremiah was not in the company of sinful people. (Psalm 1:1)
b) He did not rejoice in their company at any time.
c) He sat alone.
i) God had decreed it such.
ii) Jeremiah felt indignation against the “mockers” of God.
3. “Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, as waters that fail?”
a) The sorrows felt.
i) There seemed to be a perpetual pain.
ii) His wound seemed incurable (literal or figurative).
b) God seemed
i) Like an unreliable stream.
ii) Like waters that fail (dried up).
4. Jeremiah had become adversely affected:
a) He became negative.
b) His joy was gone.
c) His faith in God wavered.
d) His trust in God was shaky.