Jeremiah 15:10-18

Jer 15:10  Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 

Jer 15:11  The LORD said, “Have I not set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? 

Jer 15:12  Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze? 

Jer 15:13  “Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. 

Jer 15:14  I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.” 

Jer 15:15  O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. 

Jer 15:16  Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts. 

Jer 15:17  I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation. 

Jer 15:18  Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? 

Jeremiah 15:19-21

Jer 15:19  Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them. 

Jer 15:20  And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares the LORD. 

Jer 15:21  I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.” 

Our circumstances may range anywhere from questioning God to depressing, but we can know that God is the one who takes care of us. 

Jeremiah 17:5-8

Jer 17:5  Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 

Jer 17:6  He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 

Jer 17:7  “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. 

Jer 17:8  He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” 

Ezekiel 47:12

Eze 47:12  And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.” 

If we want our families and loved ones to be influencers, we have to give them an example to follow in our lives. 

Jeremiah brought his complaints to God and then waited for a response. It’s OK to ask God hard questions. We must listen for His voice when He answers and then respond to that voice with obedience.