Jeremiah 12, Jeremiah Series

That’s not fair! How many young people have screamed this in frustration to a parent, a teacher, or a friend? But it is not just young people crying out and becoming jaded by life and the injustices they see and experience. O. T. scholar Robert Davidson relates a profound truth about life and the challenges we constantly face. “To have confidence in God does not mean that all problems are solved.” There remain challenges and perplexities that, at times, cause great unrest, disappointment and even anger in our souls. Here in the book of Jeremiah, the prophet is struggling with the injustices that he is experiencing. He has faithfully declared God’s message of impending judgment, yet nothing is happening. Evil still persists, and now his life is in danger. What is he to do?