42 Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near 2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant—because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us— 3 that the Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.” 4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. I will keep nothing back from you.” 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
The People of God, once again, were in a mess. They knew it. So they asked Jeremiah to ask God for mercy, to show them the way to go and the thing to do. And they waited for Him, trusting in His very character - that God is Faithful and True. The same phrase is used to describe Christ in Revelation 19:11. He is the faithful and true One, who comes as rightful ruler and judge. May we, like the people in Jeremiah's day, have hearts open to the One who is Faithful and True, willing to receive from Him what He knows is right. May we be willing to obey wherever He says to God, whatever He says to do. May we answer the call He gave when He came during His first Advent: "Come, follow me."
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