Things are going to get worse before they get better. But don’t worry. I’ll keep you alive through the whole business. (Jeremiah 45:5 The Message)
Safe
A few years ago, I had a great pair of boots. They had steel toes, they were waterproofed, they had snug laces, and the treads were fantastic.
I wore them during some work outside while in a storm. Water was raging around my knees, sharp and blunt objects were buffeting my feet, and I could not see where I was standing. But I was not afraid. Because of my boots.
Baruch, a noble scribe for God during Jerusalem’s fall (around 600 bc) lived in terrifying times. Enemy soldiers had captured Jerusalem, and Baruch was afraid.
But God promised he would be safe.
God’s promises are even better than my old boots.
And God has told us the same thing God told Baruch. He says, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 ESV)
We are peculiar, we are safer than boots.