Chapter 24 - Jeremiah is Weary

He has been speaking God’s word to the people for over two decades and events have taken place as that word had said they would. Babylon has taken over. The exile has begun. Now God gives Jeremiah a simple picture; good figs and bad figs. 
The good figs are the people of Judah exiled to Babylon. The bad figs are those who have remained and tried to deny the reality of what is happening. 
God’s promises again echo in this chapter. He will set his eyes on his people. He will build them up. He will plant and he will give them a heart to know him. 
As I read this chapter I see the grace of God in speaking to a weary Jeremiah. 
He is separating produce and in doing so he hears God’s word. It is a reminder that God is with him, even in his weariness, even in exile. 

Dear God; 
We long to know that you are with us even in our pain, particularly in our pain. Give us courage to resist the lies that the evidence that you are with us is that we are comfortable. Help us to see that we know your presence by your Spirit. 
Amen