Jeremiah 11 Devotional

Leaving the Case with God

“O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.”Jeremiah 11:20 (BSB)

God reminds Judah of the covenant he made when he brought their ancestors out of Egypt: obey him, and they would be his people and he their God (11:4). He warned them again and again (11:7). Now they have broken it, and the LORD tells Jeremiah not to pray for them (11:10, 14).

Then the chapter turns personal. Men from Jeremiah's own hometown were plotting to kill him, and he was like a trusting lamb being led to slaughter (11:19), until the LORD revealed it to him (11:18). He does not take matters into his own hands. He brings his case to the LORD, who judges rightly and tests the heart and mind (11:20). His prayer is blunt, asking to see God's vengeance, and the text lets it stand. Peter says that when Jesus suffered, he made no threats but left his cause with the God who judges fairly (1 Peter 2:23). When you are wronged, you are free to hand your case to God, who sees everything.

To think about: What wrong done to you do you need to hand over to God as judge, instead of carrying it or settling it yourself?