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Jeremiah then turns again to the Lord, this time in faith rather than complaint. However, going to God with our complaints rather than going to men to complain about God is actually an act of faith. If we go to God with our complaints we know we will lose, that it is we who will have to change. Jeremiah is now changing his ways. First he declares that the Lord is his strength, his fortress and his refuge. When we run to God it is not just us doing something, the Lord Himself does stuff.
And it is not just us who run to God. A time will come when the nations will come to God, confessing that the idols were useless. Mere trinkets made by men.
And what will God’s response be? He will teach the nations. And this will not just be words, it will be with power and might. Our God is a God of power. Then they will know that Lord is God. Now remember that at this time Babylon had many idols and was all powerful. She had no interest in worshipping the Lord. We can look at our society and it has no interest in knowing the ways of the Lord. But one day this will change, they will come to the Lord and to His people wanting to know the truth.
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