These great words were sighed out by Jeremiah’s troubled soul in prayer to Jehovah. It is necessary to read the whole chapter from which they are taken to enter properly into the prophet’s prayer and the Lord’s answer, but the single verse before us contains deep encouragement for the tried and troubled heart. Dark as present circumstances may be, it is well for the believer, like Jeremiah, to lay firm hold of God Himself. All was gloom to the natural eye, and the promises of God apparently impossible to be fulfilled when Jeremiah uttered the words before us. But he believed God.

And God showed His servant who believed His Word His ways. First, we must trust God’s Word, and if there be implicit trust in Him, His ways will be made manifest to us. If you try to become better by your own strength, you will find that you are utterly bad. If you do not think about your strength at all, but lean alone on Christ, you will find His grace to be sufficient for you. It is a good thing to establish our souls in God’s own and everlasting goodness.

May the Lord increase our faith in these last days before His soon coming!