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MY REDEEMER IS STRONG

by olive Ngoe
10/29/14
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Isn’t it wonderful to have such an unequivocal reassurance? My redeemer is strong! That is so certain, strong and dependable; it is a statement of an assuredness that brooks no arguments. I have personalized it! I chanced upon it recently in Jeremiah 50:34 while going through a particularly trying moment. This was actually God’s word to Jeremiah, when Israel and Judah were experiencing oppression and captivity in the hands of their enemies. It was bleak and dark for them, pain and anguish etched their hearts and probably doubts assailed their every thought.
In the middle of this, the Lord speaks to Jeremiah thus, ‘…..Their redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.’ One version of the scripture puts it even more animatedly and vividly; that the Lord God will ‘vigorously defend their cause’! I love the picture that it brings to mind! I would imagine that the words spoken by God above would be the testimony coming from the lips of the enemies once he was done with them!
Even now I can picture the solitary figure of a Chaldean soldier in the battlefield, raking his hands through his hair, and shaking his head remorsefully as he takes in the destruction around him. He probably says to himself, ‘Oh man! We had it coming this time. We’ve been messing with the wrong guys and now their God is mad!’ As he looks at all the carnage and weeps for his fallen comrades, a young dusty child appears out of nowhere and spies on him crying. Suddenly the little guy breaks out in hoots of laughter and points to heaven as he shouts, ‘Oh yeah! Our papa is strong! Stronger than yours!’
The very same father is here for me and you too. He is the one who still vigorously pleads my cause, to give me rest even when I am filled with doubts and trepidation; even when I falter and many times fall. I love that he is strong enough for both of us, when I do not feel that I have any strength left; so much so that he reminds me in a few chapters before in Jeremiah 31:3 that he has loved me with an everlasting love and therefore continued his faithfulness to me. His everlasting love drove his only son to the cross for my sin-that in my place he may die, nailed to a tree. It really doesn’t matter what the situation is; my redeemer is strong! I may break out in hoots of laughter or give a shout of praise because he has done it for me!And he has done it for you too!