One with Him

6 “‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’
7 But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?

- Jeremiah 47

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!

A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!"

- Jeremiah 48

The LORD GOD Almighty, Yeshua where by all name is saved is the Prince of Peace. So how can the sword of the LORD cause such harm and destruction among men? People are crying out rest from chaos and war but it does not rest, even when they cry out to GOD. The sword of the Lord does not rest because HE is the one who commanded it to attack and bring destruction. How can He be the Prince of Peace when He is starting the war? Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy... Yes, the GOD of peace has ordained a day to destroy all those that are not in submission to His Lordship. He is a GOD of peace, but how can there be peace when there are lawbreakers in the land? Therefore He has to create destruction first before real peace can begin to take place.

If you know the work of the Lord and what He is doing this very moment, if this day is a day of destruction, then you will not lament with all those who want false and temporary peace. You will not cry out, you will be still in GOD because you are one with His will, one with His thought, one with His heart. And this is what we all should be as followers of Christ. We should know the very state of GOD's thoughts for these are the seasons He brings into our lives and into our surroundings. A curse on anyone who is not aware, who is lax in doing the Lord's work. A curse it is because they will think that the destruction is not of GOD, and they will think opposite from what GOD thinks, and so they will be in a place of hopelessness because they are offended and they ask "How could GOD allow such a thing?" Therefore, know your place in GOD's work and do not relent what HE has called you to do. If GOD has instructed to fight with your sword, then by all means do it. But how can we be instructed if we are not listening in the first place. Everyday seek His will and be one with Him in heart, mind, and in strength.

A Place of Restoration

2 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians[b] will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!’ 3 The Lord also says: ‘The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’”- Jeremiah 38


How is it that the LORD has now threatened the people and the city HE loved so much. Zion, the City of Jerusalem has now become a place of cursing for the LORD has said of that those who stay in Jerusalem "they will die..." Is not Jerusalem the City He loves? Is not Israel the people He chose to occupy this beloved land of GOD? Why now has GOD ordained such tragic destruction for Zion? This is why we need to understand the seasons that GOD has ordained in our lives. Not everything good remains to be good in every season. GOD is not a GOD whom we can predict. GOD is not someone we think we already can figure out because He is uncontainable to any box or shape, that humans may put Him in, indescribable to any word that mortals can ever think of. 

During this time, the LORD was ready to punish His people for the sins that they have committed against Him. The people HE rescued from the slavery of Egypt and worked hard to bring to the promise land for 40 years is now bringing disaster to this place exiling these very ones HE rescued. How do we know that the place GOD wanted us to be is now a place of cursing that we may need to get out of? Zion can be your home, your work, place of comfort or place of complacency. The people of GOD has forgotten the LORD who brought them out of Egypt and they started worshipping idols and defiling the very place GOD has planted them in. That is why GOD has made up His mind to destroy this place and to disburse His chosen ones sending them to exile once again to a foreign land in Babylon. He directs them to be in Babylon, probably because this is the place of restoration of GOD's people to Himself, a place of discipline where they can once again turn to GOD with their whole hearts in repentance and surrender. Remember your heart is what GOD is after, if it is not fully His, He will do whatever it takes to be HIS.

Know Your Season

4 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem: 5 “Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce. 6 Marry and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away! 7 And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”
8 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,9 because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them,” says the Lord.

- Jeremiah 29

There comes a time in our lives that GOD will instruct us the things that we think HE may not want for us as His people. There are many voices and ideas that come to us during the day but only one is the truth that leads to the perfect will of GOD. How do we know which is which? We cannot put GOD in a box and assume just because it makes sense or it seems like it is what GOD most likely would want for us doesn't necessarily mean it is from HIM. We have to be sensitive to His prodding and discern what the Spirit is saying to us. For GOD wills for us to know HIS ways and HE communicates to us HIS plan so that we will understand clearly what His will is for our lives.

For all you know it is a terrible thing to be exiled to another place. For HE has lead Israel from a foreign nation to a place where they can call their own. But during this season, GOD has called them out of Israel to be exiled. Certainly it is not GOD's will for His people to be scattered and be bound in slavery again to a foreign nation that will oppress them? Surely GOD would grant peace to HIs people living in their promised land? The religious who only assume what GOD is, would probably think this way. But we cannot afford to put GOD in a box and be sincerely mistaken of HIS will. We have to know what GOD is saying! It may be a bad thing to be exiled and the most unbelievable thing to be sent to work for another nation, being a stranger in a foreign land but if GOD has called you to be sent at this season you better know it and obey or else you will miss out big time. Seek and know your season in the LORD and whatever HE is telling you make sure you are sure it is HIS and do it!