Jeremiah 33:1

 Jeremiah 33:1 says, Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, God didn't quit speaking to Jeremiah while he was imprisoned, and if we were to find our self imprisoned for speaking God's word today, that does not mean that He will no longer be able to use us.  We cannot be locked away from God and His word to us.  Verse two declares, Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;  Jeremiah once more identified the God Who spoke to him as the only true God.  We need o always remember Who God is.  He is the Creator of all things.  Verse three adds, Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.  Jeremiah said that God instructed him to call on Him and that He would show Jeremiah great and mighty things that Jeremiah did not know.  God will give to us an understanding of life that we cannot know without putting our faith in Him.  Verse four states, For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;  God said that He was going to tell Jeremiah things about Jerusalem and Judah that he could not see, or know, on his own.  If we would have a true understanding of the world today, then we must look to God to give us that understanding, and not to the situation that we may find ourselves in.  Verse five adds, They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.  God said that the people of Judah were going to fight against the Chaldeans, but that they were going to lose, because God was not with them because of their sin.  If we have sin in our life, especially if we claim that the sin is God's will, we will suffer defeat in the world today.  Verse six declares, Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.  God said that those who remained true to Him or returned to Him in repentance would be restored to the land that He had given them once more.  If we have strayed away into sin, God waits ready to restore us once more if we return to Him in faith.  As stated many times, if we are truly a born again believer in God, I do not believe that we will ever lose our salvation, but we can certainly lose the joy of our salvation and our effectiveness as servants of God.  Verse seven adds, And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.  God said that He would return the people of Judah and Israel to the land and restore them once more.  We cannot defeat the sin of the world on our own today, but if we put our faith in God, He will keep us safe.  Verse eight continues, And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.  God said that he would cleanse the people of Israel of all their iniquity and heal them.  Forgiveness of sin and restoration to a right relationship with God can come only from putting our faith in Him.  We cannot earn forgiveness by our own ability.  Verse nine concludes, And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.  God said that He would be glorified by what He was going to do for the people of Judah, just as He should be glorified by our salvation today.