Not Without Witness

"1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 You said, ‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’ 4 Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.” Jer 45

When I think about our God, I am always amazed with who he is. When we try to describe who God is, we oftentimes have to resort to negative theology, negating what he is not, using terms like "infinite". Although we may never know our God exhaustively, he does not leave us questioning who he is. Out of his great love for us, he has voluntarily condescended to tell us who he is so that we ought not to speculate and come up with some notion of a God filtered through our own human understanding of the world. In Jer. 25, the words of the Lord are recorded in order that the deeds of the Lord might be understood. This passage reminds us that God always couples his deed with word. He is not in the business of acting and leaving us to wonder what he has done or what the meaning of it is. Not only does he condescend to tell us who he is, he also explains exactly what he is doing. Let us thank our gracious father, who has decided to write down all that we need to know in his infallible word in order that we might know his great love for His children!