Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
To call is to pray, to make a humble and earnest appeal to God for what is not known, with the assurance that He will answer prayer and reveal great and mighty things beyond present knowledge. The word came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, when the Chaldeans had come for the last time to besiege Jerusalem and hope had fled, in confirmation of Heaven's willingness to forgive and to save the faithful remnant. The great and hidden things promised were healing and cure for the ruined city, abundance of peace and truth, return from captivity and rebuilding as at the first, cleansing and pardon of all iniquity, and the repeopling of the desolate cities with joy and gladness and praise in the house of the Lord. The answer also brings deeper knowledge of God and His goodness, understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ, spiritual fullness beyond all that is asked or thought, with divine strength, instruction, and personal direction no human source can supply. The promise is for all who will humble self and earnestly seek God, bringing Him their perplexities and troubles in simple faith, and it is to be meditated on and claimed through living faith as an unfailing source of comfort to the church.
Setting and Wording
The word came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, from the Lord the Maker who formed it to establish it, whose name is the Lord, in confirmation of deliverance and restoration. It was given while he was in prison under close surveillance for insisting on surrender, in the closing years of Judah's apostasy when the Chaldean armies had come for the third and last time to besiege Jerusalem, when hope had fled from every heart and utter ruin had been predicted. In that darkness it showed Heaven's willingness to forgive and to save the faithful remnant still in the city.
To call unto God means to pray, making a prayerful appeal to Him and humbly and earnestly asking Him for what is not known. The call carries the assurance that He will answer prayer by showing great and mighty things which were not known.
What God Reveals
The great and mighty things not yet known are first the healing and cure promised for the ruined city, with the revealing of abundance of peace and truth. They are the causing of the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return and the building of them as at the first, together with the cleansing and pardoning of all their iniquity and sin against God. They are the making of Israel a name of joy and praise and honor before all nations for God's goodness and prosperity, with the return of the voice of joy and gladness and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride and the praise that the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever with the sacrifice of praise in the house of the Lord. They are the repeopling of the desolate cities of Judah and Jerusalem and of the mountains and vale and south and Benjamin with shepherds and flocks passing under the counter, and the performing of the good thing promised to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
The answer also brings deeper knowledge of God and revelation of His goodness and His name. It brings the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowing Him, with understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ and power to comprehend its breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love which passes knowledge. This leads to spiritual fullness, to being filled with all the fullness of God exceeding abundantly above all that is asked or thought.
The verse assures divine strength and guidance that no human source can supply, including instruction in the way to go and personal direction. The invitation is to all with access to Scripture to call on God to reveal the great things of His law, encouraging seeking deeper understanding of His word. Its truths are to nourish the mind and to shape the mind and character.
The promise applies to institutions established for God's glory, which may seek His guidance and expect Him to show them what they could not know on their own. It applies to seeking heavenly wisdom, instruction, wise counsel, and God's counsel according to need. This includes His presence, light, and power for the work, given to meet what is needed.
Claiming the Promise
The promise belongs to all who are willing for self to be humbled, and it is met when they call upon God humbly and earnestly for what they do not know. To those who so seek Him He answers and discloses great and powerful realities previously unknown to them. That disclosure includes the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ, and being filled with the fullness of God. It embraces the revealing of His goodness and His name, power to comprehend its breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love that passes knowledge, so that what is received exceeds abundantly above all that is asked or thought. The same asking obtains heavenly wisdom, instruction, and counsel according to need.
God draws near when His people are perplexed and invites them to bring Him their troubles and to ask for great things beyond their own knowledge. He answers prayer and gives what is needed, including wisdom, wise counsel, guidance, and His presence, light, and power for the work. By faith believers may draw from Jesus what they need. For this reason they need not be disheartened but should trust Him with simple faith.
The passage with its promises is to be meditated upon and claimed through living faith. The call to prayerful appeal carries the assurance of an answer and of the revealing of great things not yet known. From the day it was given it has been an unfailing source of comfort to the church of God.
To call is to pray, to make a humble and earnest appeal to God for what is not known, with the assurance that He will answer prayer and reveal great and mighty things beyond present knowledge. The word came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, when the Chaldeans had come for the last time to besiege Jerusalem and hope had fled, in confirmation of Heaven's willingness to forgive and to save the faithful remnant. The great and hidden things promised were healing and cure for the ruined city, abundance of peace and truth, return from captivity and rebuilding as at the first, cleansing and pardon of all iniquity, and the repeopling of the desolate cities with joy and gladness and praise in the house of the Lord. The answer also brings deeper knowledge of God and His goodness, understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ, spiritual fullness beyond all that is asked or thought, with divine strength, instruction, and personal direction no human source can supply. The promise is for all who will humble self and earnestly seek God, bringing Him their perplexities and troubles in simple faith, and it is to be meditated on and claimed through living faith as an unfailing source of comfort to the church.
Setting and Wording
The word came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, from the Lord the Maker who formed it to establish it, whose name is the Lord, in confirmation of deliverance and restoration. It was given while he was in prison under close surveillance for insisting on surrender, in the closing years of Judah's apostasy when the Chaldean armies had come for the third and last time to besiege Jerusalem, when hope had fled from every heart and utter ruin had been predicted. In that darkness it showed Heaven's willingness to forgive and to save the faithful remnant still in the city.
To call unto God means to pray, making a prayerful appeal to Him and humbly and earnestly asking Him for what is not known. The call carries the assurance that He will answer prayer by showing great and mighty things which were not known.
What God Reveals
The great and mighty things not yet known are first the healing and cure promised for the ruined city, with the revealing of abundance of peace and truth. They are the causing of the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return and the building of them as at the first, together with the cleansing and pardoning of all their iniquity and sin against God. They are the making of Israel a name of joy and praise and honor before all nations for God's goodness and prosperity, with the return of the voice of joy and gladness and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride and the praise that the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever with the sacrifice of praise in the house of the Lord. They are the repeopling of the desolate cities of Judah and Jerusalem and of the mountains and vale and south and Benjamin with shepherds and flocks passing under the counter, and the performing of the good thing promised to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
The answer also brings deeper knowledge of God and revelation of His goodness and His name. It brings the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowing Him, with understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ and power to comprehend its breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love which passes knowledge. This leads to spiritual fullness, to being filled with all the fullness of God exceeding abundantly above all that is asked or thought.
The verse assures divine strength and guidance that no human source can supply, including instruction in the way to go and personal direction. The invitation is to all with access to Scripture to call on God to reveal the great things of His law, encouraging seeking deeper understanding of His word. Its truths are to nourish the mind and to shape the mind and character.
The promise applies to institutions established for God's glory, which may seek His guidance and expect Him to show them what they could not know on their own. It applies to seeking heavenly wisdom, instruction, wise counsel, and God's counsel according to need. This includes His presence, light, and power for the work, given to meet what is needed.
Claiming the Promise
The promise belongs to all who are willing for self to be humbled, and it is met when they call upon God humbly and earnestly for what they do not know. To those who so seek Him He answers and discloses great and powerful realities previously unknown to them. That disclosure includes the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, understanding of the immeasurable love of Christ, and being filled with the fullness of God. It embraces the revealing of His goodness and His name, power to comprehend its breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love that passes knowledge, so that what is received exceeds abundantly above all that is asked or thought. The same asking obtains heavenly wisdom, instruction, and counsel according to need.
God draws near when His people are perplexed and invites them to bring Him their troubles and to ask for great things beyond their own knowledge. He answers prayer and gives what is needed, including wisdom, wise counsel, guidance, and His presence, light, and power for the work. By faith believers may draw from Jesus what they need. For this reason they need not be disheartened but should trust Him with simple faith.
The passage with its promises is to be meditated upon and claimed through living faith. The call to prayerful appeal carries the assurance of an answer and of the revealing of great things not yet known. From the day it was given it has been an unfailing source of comfort to the church of God.