Jeremiah 20-God Is Always Worthy of Praise

Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.

In Jeremiah chapter 20, we get a glimpse into the heart of a very human prophet.  Jeremiah was thrown into prison for proclaiming the word of God, and upon his release expresses his frustration at being persecuted just for doing what God asked him to do.  The passage is hard to read in many ways, but there is one small verse in the middle of his speech that we should learn from, “Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord!  For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.”

Jeremiah teaches us that God is always worthy of our praise-even when we don’t feel like he is.  In fact, there is a great deal of spiritual growth in praising God when we don’t feel like it.  God is always good, and when we say so when we don’t want to, we bend our wills toward reality-toward God himself.  We train ourselves to recognize the unchanging nature of God amidst our always changing lives.

This has been Every Thought Captive.  I’m Phil Steiger, pastor at Quail Lake Community Church, and Director of Dayspring Center for Christian Studies.  For more information, please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.