Jeremiah seeks the truth on behalf of the people. He tells them the truth and is accused of lying.

Jeremiah made the choice to stay in Jerusalem when he could have gone to Babylon with the promise of being well-treated. He chose to stay in Jerusalem where he had just bought a plot of land.

Jeremiah tells them of all the trouble coming their way if they go to Egypt, and Jeremiah gets taken to Egypt. We can imagine that was against his will.

What does he do when he gets to Egypt?

He serves the Lord.

God gives him direction and he obeys. God gives him words, and he speaks them.

He could have thrown a pity party. He could have pouted. He could have given up. “Why keep telling them anything? They are never going to listen.”

Jeremiah doesn’t let the circumstances affect his relationship with God. Jeremiah still deems God worth serving even when everything is going wrong.

How? How can we keep submissive to what God’s doing? Keep our eyes on God. We can’t even look at what He’s doing because we can’t always see that.

Be careful not to come up with your idea of what God is doing. If things don’t go according to your plan, you can get discouraged and confused and disillusioned and upset with God.

We are to never have our eyes on the circumstances. Our eyes stay on our God. He’s the only one good and lovely. Think on these things, right? Think on Him. See Him and aim to please Him.

If you know you are set on pleasing Him, you just look up and see His smile, and you know all is well. You don’t need any outward sign of things going right. If you are right with God, then all is right with the world.

He’s your joy. So if you live in His constant presence, you live in constant joy.