Jeremiah 32:16

Jeremiah 32:16 says, Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,  After Jeremiah had done as God instructed him to do, then he prayed to God again.  Once we have done what God tells us to do, we still need to pray to Him for guidance.  Verse seventeen states, Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:  Jeremiah began by acknowledging the greatness and power of God.  We need to acknowledge the same thing today.  Even as our heavenly Father, He is still the all powerful Creator of the universe.  Verse eighteen adds, Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,  Jeremiah continued by acknowledging the lovingkindness of God, and His punishment of sin.  Verse nineteen continues, Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:  Jeremiah said that God's eye was on every individual, and that every person was judged individually by his or her own works.  This has always been and always will be the case.  Verse twenty declares, Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;  Jeremiah acknowledged what God had done in Egypt, all the signs and wonders He gave to the Pharaoh so that the people of Israel would be freed from bondage.  The sign and wonder that we need to behold today is the sign of Jesus Christ dying for our sins that by faith in Him we might be set free from the bondage of sin.  Verse twenty-one adds, And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;  Jeremiah acknowledged the power of God that had been displayed in Egypt, and we should never forget the awesome power of God.  Verse twenty-two continues, And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;  Jeremiah said that God fulfilled His promise to the people of Israel when He gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.  Verse twenty-three states, And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:  Jeremiah said that even though God was faithful in keeping His covenant with Israel, they were not faithful in keeping theirs with Him.  As followers of Christ, God's people, we need to be faithful in our obedience to His word.  Jeremiah said it was because of the evil of the people that God was punishing them.  Verse twenty-four adds, Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.  Jeremiah said that what God had said was going to happen had happened.  God's word will always come true.  Verse twenty-five concludes, And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah said that God had instructed him to buy a field and he had done so, even though the city was currently under the power of the Chaldeans.  We don't need to worry about what God asks us to do even if it may not make sense at the time.  We simply need to act in faith.