Jeremiah 12:1–3, 5–6 God was always faithful

'LORD, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
   So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
   Why are evil people so happy?
You have planted them,
   and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
   but you are far from their hearts.
But as for me, LORD, you know my heart.
   You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!
   Set them aside to be slaughtered!
'If racing against mere men makes you tired,
   how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
   what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
Even your brothers, members of your own family,
   have turned against you.
They plot and raise complaints against you.
   Do not trust them,
no matter how pleasantly they speak.'

 

What an intimate relationship Jeremiah had with God! God always responds, Jeremiah said, when Jeremiah brings a case before him. Jeremiah could voice anything to God: complaints, hurts, even his desire for revenge on his enemies. And God challenges Jeremiah to be strong and warns him again about plots against him by Jeremiah's own brothers. Jeremiah's life was not at all easy, but he knew God throughout it. God was always faithful in the tiniest details and the deepest anguish of Jeremiah's heart. This same God is here for you, in the same ways.