August 9

Jeremiah 10-13
Jeremiah asks, “You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you.  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?”  Can you relate?  I know I can.  However, the Lord gives an answer.  It just isn’t the answer we want.  Even though we know that He will judge the wicked, we want Him to do it now.  It is important to understand that His timing is not the same as ours.  There will be a time of accounting for everyone.  It is then that the wicked will be punished for their wickedness.  Jesus says that the prosperity of the wicked is their complete allotment.  In other words, they have no part in the eternal joys we have set before us.  The brief time they have on earth is no more than a blink of an eye compared to eternity.  Therefore, when He prophesies His judgment, understand that it is done in His own time, and that His time is much different than ours.