Jeremiah 25:30-33 – Be aligned with God’s purpose and plan

Everyone wants to avoid a judgment if it is avoidable at all. But Jeremiah 25:30-33, God guarantees us that none could escape the judgment that was coming upon the wicked of the nations. Firstly, the judgment of God would come upon His own people. Like a ferocious lion, God would attack His own fold. His voice was like the mighty roar of would come from His holy habitation. The roar of a lion is a petrifying experience. A lion roars before it pounces on its prey. Its intention is to intimate, frighten, and immobilize the prey. In the same way, God’s roar upon His people would be as petrifying, frightening, intimidating, and immobilizing as the lion’s roar. None would be able to escape His terror. 

 

Secondly, God pictures the inhabitants on earth like grapes being crushed and trampled upon. God Himself would trample on the inhabitants to destroy them. Thirdly, there would be a commotion in the nations because the Lord would be indicting its guilty inhabitants. Fourthly, The wicked would have no place they could seek refuge from the sword of God.  

 

Verses 32-33 describe how terrible would the judgment be. There would be unburied corpses left rotting under the sun with no one to gather, lament, or mourn over them. Those corpses would be left like stinking manure everywhere on the ground.  

 

Whether we know it or not, God’s judgment is a process. It begins with His assessment of us to see if we are walking in line with His purpose. When we are not, He would warn us of the dangers of not walking in line with HIi purpose and plan. If we would not change but persist in our waywardness, we will have to bear with the consequence of not being in line. This is to help us realize the pain of it and at this point, it is still not too late to realign our steps quickly with His. But when we would not listen, persist in our wrong, and refuse to change the ultimate would be unbearable. Know that God is interested in our lives profoundly. He wants us to fulfill the plan and purpose He has for us. And He keeps watch over us.