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God is a God
of restitution. Even in the bleakest of
times, God restores. Even after death,
God restores. There is nothing that God
cannot fix, either in this life or the life to come.
In Jeremiah
37 Jeremiah is imprisoned. The
Babylonians leave the siege of Jerusalem in order to go and fight the Egyptians
and send them back to Egypt. They do
this very thing. As they are gone,
however, Jeremiah is accused of defecting to them. He is thrown in prison. In a city that has been besieged, he finds
himself imprisoned.
He is not
forgotten, though. Much like Joseph in
the Pharaoh’s prison at the end of Genesis, Jeremiah finds himself in need of
the king. Zedekiah comes to Jeremiah and
asks for a prophecy. Jeremiah speaks the
truth to him. Jeremiah then asks why he
is imprisoned. He reminds the king that
if he is kept in prison by his enemies, he will likely die.
God, working
through Zedekiah, finds a way to spare Jeremiah. While Jeremiah remains in custody, he is
moved to a more favorable place. He is
even guaranteed bread for as long as the city has access to bread. In the midst of aggression, God spares
Jeremiah because of his faithfulness.
God is indeed
a God of restitution. He finds a way to
spare Jeremiah, even though Jeremiah is in the midst of enemies in the middle
of a besieged city. He is the God of the
impossible indeed.
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