you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve

Jeremiah 32:16-44

After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty, great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve. 

What you said has happened, as you now see. And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, ‘Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? Therefore this is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them.

Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes,[c] declares the Lord.

Why?

Even Judah and Israelites worship their idols, to be a Christian I have to ask myself what is my idols in my daily life. Is the Duty, the work, or my research work? What is my purpose in my daily life, except to earn enough salary, what else? Is the proud of my name, Is the succeed in my hands? 

Actually, everything is in hands of the Lord, even my research work or the succeeding word is the Lord gives me the talent and capability, and opportunity. Even my life is in hands of the Lord.

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在獄中買地，同時也見證、傳講給別人。耶利米沒有懷疑嗎？城已經是別人的還買地是否值得，其實他有迷惘、有擔心，軟弱。由耶利米的禱告看到他的擔心。神的大能，公義、施慈愛的。神的救贖、賞賜，在神沒有難成的事，先提出神的大能，我們軟弱是該受罰。軟弱中不斷提到神的全能、回想神的屬性來激勵我們的信心。

27節神的回應1)神的公義審判，人的罪   37-44節強調將來的歸回復興的應許。神不僅針對他的迷惑來回答，而是全面性的回答。神不僅回答耶利米而且說出神整體性的計劃，我們常常只看自己所關心的點，沒有看到或是不在意神整體的計劃。我們的眼光通常比較窄，求神給我們更廣的眼光，當然神說出計劃的同時也明白神廣大的計劃，如約伯原來只在意自己的受苦，神的說明更讓我們看到自己的渺小，所受的苦微不足道！

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How?

Return to the Lord and give thanks to the Lord, humble me. The Lord knows me in my heart.