Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
The verse belongs to the vision and account in which God called and commissioned Jeremiah, a mortal like other people, when he was a very young man who felt unable to go and who tremblingly shrank from the weight and awful responsibility of his mission. In that commission God appointed and sent His servant to a difficult and trying work among a rebellious people, to witness against kingdoms and kings about their wickedness. He gave him words to speak that could bring nations down or establish them, carrying out God's purpose. The promise to hasten His word to perform it means that He watches over His word to carry it out promptly and speedily, and that He is able to perform all He has promised or spoken. This is signified by the almond tree, whose name and early blossoming and rapid, miraculous budding picture prompt fulfillment.
The verse therefore assured Jeremiah that God would fulfill the word entrusted to him and would be with him to help and deliver him despite opposition, trouble, and a difficult message to bear. It stands among the promises and warnings given to Israel that obedience to the Lord's word brought blessing while continued disobedience brought threatened destruction. Jeremiah's commission is a model for young men called to ministry, showing that God's call may find a person deeply aware of weakness and the weight of the work. Before God puts men to work He gives them humbling views of themselves that remove self-sufficiency and bring deep self-acquaintance with a sense of ignorance, weakness, and responsibility, so that only God's authority induces them to undertake it and God's strength is made perfect in their weakness.
Because God is faithful to His word, people are not left without warning, for He raises faithful watchmen to study history and current events in the light of Scripture and proclaim what is coming. Elijah's power lay in ultimate, absolute faith in God's ability to perform His word, believing implicitly and acting without question or hesitation in entire consecration to God's will, with absolute fearlessness free from presumption. That faith was consummated in his translation, and the same spirit and power with the hand of the Lord belongs to those giving the last message before the second coming.
The verse belongs to the vision and account in which God called and commissioned Jeremiah, a mortal like other people, when he was a very young man who felt unable to go and who tremblingly shrank from the weight and awful responsibility of his mission. In that commission God appointed and sent His servant to a difficult and trying work among a rebellious people, to witness against kingdoms and kings about their wickedness. He gave him words to speak that could bring nations down or establish them, carrying out God's purpose. The promise to hasten His word to perform it means that He watches over His word to carry it out promptly and speedily, and that He is able to perform all He has promised or spoken. This is signified by the almond tree, whose name and early blossoming and rapid, miraculous budding picture prompt fulfillment.
The verse therefore assured Jeremiah that God would fulfill the word entrusted to him and would be with him to help and deliver him despite opposition, trouble, and a difficult message to bear. It stands among the promises and warnings given to Israel that obedience to the Lord's word brought blessing while continued disobedience brought threatened destruction. Jeremiah's commission is a model for young men called to ministry, showing that God's call may find a person deeply aware of weakness and the weight of the work. Before God puts men to work He gives them humbling views of themselves that remove self-sufficiency and bring deep self-acquaintance with a sense of ignorance, weakness, and responsibility, so that only God's authority induces them to undertake it and God's strength is made perfect in their weakness.
Because God is faithful to His word, people are not left without warning, for He raises faithful watchmen to study history and current events in the light of Scripture and proclaim what is coming. Elijah's power lay in ultimate, absolute faith in God's ability to perform His word, believing implicitly and acting without question or hesitation in entire consecration to God's will, with absolute fearlessness free from presumption. That faith was consummated in his translation, and the same spirit and power with the hand of the Lord belongs to those giving the last message before the second coming.