Jeremiah 11:18-23
Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me.
But, O Lord Almighty, you who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says 'I will punish them. Their young men will die by sword, their sons and daughters by famine. Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment'.
Jeremiah's message aroused such intense anger that the people of Anathoth, his home town, were prepared to kill him if he didn't stop. It is God keeping his promise to protect the prophet, who alerts Jeremiah to the danger.
Why?
Because Jeremiah preached the word of God and warning to them what judgment of the Lord will come if they continue doing the evil things.
There are trouble and difficult on the way to preach the word of God. But God will protect his servants. God is the Almighty God who test the heart and mind, reveals the plot to his servant.
Same as Jesus Christ was against by his people in his home town. Facing on the crossing, Jesus was prayed to the Lord and faced the way to bleeding for the salvation to us.
How?
Do what I should do as Jesus did for us, preach God's good news and honor God's holy name, obey God's word in my daily life.
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