Jeremiah 16:19-21 – Where is your focus? Is it on God?

In response to God’s promise, Jeremiah's confidence in the Lord was renewed. This was seen in his prayer to God. In Jeremiah 16: 18-20, affirming the Lord as his strength and stronghold, he affirmed that  God was his refuge in the day of distress. He foresaw that it would be to Him that His people the Jews would return. Besides, he was also sure that people from other nations would flock to Him too. So he looked forward to the day when God would be acknowledged and the uselessness of the false gods renounce. For no false gods could become real no matter how much they were acknowledged and worshipped.

Then in Jeremiah 19:21, God responded to the prophet saying that He would make the people who returned experience His power and might. They shall come to know and experience the significance of Yahweh, the covenant name of the Lord, the only true God.

 

No matter how gloomy and bleak the situation and the circumstances of life may be, we must fix our eyes on God. When we do so, we will see Him for who He truly is. Our confidence is found in Him. And like the song says, “the things of this world will become strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”

 

Is our focus on God as we consider the chaotic situation in the world today? It matters that our eyes are fixed on God and not on the situations of the world. We tend to move toward where we are focused on. The greater the intensity of our focus, the greater will be the mastery of our mind over our lives and the situation. Focus always brings clarity. Don’t focus on what we are up against but on God and the goals and dreams He has for us. He promised that He will never leave us or forsake us.