Jeremiah 14:19-22

19 Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our fathers,
For we have sinned against You.
21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Are You not He, O LORD our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Jeremiah 14:19-22 NKJV

Jeremiah calls on God in his distress at the word God has given him. Has God utterly rejected His people? Jeremiah begs God to not throw away His people. Jeremiah acknowledges the sins and wickedness of Judah, he also acknowledges Gods wondrous power. He asks God to remember the covenant that He made with the Jews. Peace is desired, but only trouble is seen. It is not, Jeremiah admits, God who is at fault. The people of Judah and their leaders have sinned almost continuously against God. They are full of wickedness and they are unrepentant. Jeremiah still begs God to remember them in a favorable light. Jeremiah decides that because of God's greatness that he can see, namely the power of God to control the rain, that he will trust in the Lord. Jeremiah is willing to wait for an answer. God is powerful and Jeremiah has learned to trust Him, he will wait for God and trust God to fulfill His word.

Lord,
Help me to wait on You. I want an answer now and I want an answer that meets my expectations. Please help me to be patient and wait on You to give me the correct answer at the correct time. Help me to trust in You, that the love and goodness that You have shown in the past proves your good intentions for me. I am impatient and ignorant of what Your plan for me is. Help me to trust that Your love for me will cause my good, if I walk with You and allow you to guide me in my paths.