Now, that’s good news. The prophecy Jeremiah gives is full of mercy, grace, joy, peace, and goodness. The personal history behind each of Jeremiah’s words here, though, includes brokenness far beyond the capacity of any human being.
Jeremiah wrote, “O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war” (Jeremiah 4:19) and “Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!” (Jeremiah 9:1).
The prophet was weeping with holy tears that weren’t his own. Indeed, he actually heard God speak of his own broken heart. First, Yehovah warned Jeremiah that He was going to send judgment on Israel. Then He told the prophet, “I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains and for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation” (Jeremiah 9:10). God himself was weeping over the judgment to come upon his people, and Jeremiah shared in that lament.
What happens when we share God’s burden of weeping? Yehovah shares with us in turn his very mind and thoughts. Jeremiah testified of this. He was given a discerning knowledge of his times that enabled him to see what was coming. “For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you… Now Yehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for you showed me their doings” (Jeremiah 11:17-18). Any broken, Word-saturated saint will be given a discerning sense of the times but also a joyous recognition of God’s promises.
Precious men of God are privileged to share in the feelings, joy, and pains of the heart of God.
Written by David Wilkerson and edited by Bruce Lyon
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