When God Shows Up

Jeremiah 33:3 NLT - Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here.

Imagine being thrown in jail just because you did what God asked you to do. God had spoken to Jeremiah to tell King Zedekiah that Jerusalem would soon fall into the hands of the Babylonians. In fact, at the present time, the city of Jerusalem was completely surrounded and no one was going in our out of the city. Zedekiah did not want Jeremiah saying anything that would discourage the people and didn't want to hear himself that the inevitable had come – they would soon all be prisoners of Babylon. Jeremiah was imprisoned and eventually the city was completely taken over and destroyed. It's interesting to me though that in the midst of this trial that God speaks to Jeremiah. I'm sure that he was discouraged and was wondering why he was being imprisoned for doing what God had asked him to do. I can imagine that the jail situation was no picnic and was probably quite miserable. Then God showed up when Jeremiah was at the end of his rope. It is at this point that God promises to reveal and bless Jeremiah even more then he could even imagine. When you get to the end of your rope – don't look down – look up. God is still there when we don't see Him and He's still there when you don't hear Him. Jeremiah was at a very low point in his life but God showed up for Him and He will show up for you.