PROCLAMATION
“You are always
righteous, Lord, … Yet I would speak with You about Your justice: Why does the
way of the wicked prosper? Why do all
the faithless live at ease.?” Jeremiah
12:1 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These are the words of
The Lord God which were spoken to the prophet Jeremiah. Chapter twelve of The Bible Book of Jeremiah
begins with Jeremiah questioning The Lord God’s justice with respect to His
treatment of the wicked and the faithless.
Jeremiah was concerned as to why The Lord God planted them, allowed them
to take root, and to grow and bear fruit. (Jeremiah 12:2) He wanted them to be dragged out and
slaughtered. (Jeremiah 12:3) Jeremiah
also asked The Lord God how long He was going to leave their homeland parched
and barren. (Jeremiah 12:4) The Lord God
told Jeremiah basically, if this bothers you, how are you going to handle it
when things get worse? (Jeremiah 12:5)
The Lord God then explains why He is going to do what He plans to do,
and then He tells Jeremiah that He will handle the wicked prosperous people.
(Jeremiah 12:7-17)
APPLICATION
This is not the only
time in The Bible where man questions The Lord God for letting the wicked prosper.
(Job 21:7, Psalm 37:1, Psalm 73:3, and Habakkuk 1:3) If the truth be told, some of us have also
wondered the same thing. God is never
wrong; we just do not understand Him or His actions. However, we need not worry about the success
of the wicked for He has a plan for them. (Psalm 37:3) We just need to mind our own business (1
Thessalonians 4:11) and focus on our own Christian walk. We cannot control what goes on around us, but
we can control how we respond to it. When
the end of time comes, as believers we will be judged on what we did for The Lord
God and on our responses to the things that happen in the world around us, on our
thoughts, our words, and our actions. (1 Corinthians 3:13-15) So, let us not complain about what God is
doing, or allowing to happen, but let us do our best to work to God’s glory.
(Matthew 16:27)
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