And Still Another Promise

        There have been times in my life where I have thought that I was more educated than someone or at least knew something more about a matter than another person.  It is not a good feeling to have and rather prideful when you think about it.  At the same time, I never thought that I knew more than my father even though he only went to school through the tenth grade.  He was then forced to work in order to help the family through the depression.  In 1929, my father was 20 years old and had to leave school several years before in order to help support the family.  He built our house which included everything except pouring the floor which was done by several large cement trucks.  All blocks were laid by him, the footers, the electrical and the plumbing.  He installed and maintained everything around the place for years to come.  When I wanted to find out something, I asked him and he would tell me in words that I understood.  God has done somewhat the same thing, only greater and especially in areas that are way beyond my understanding.   Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." 
        During the captivity of Jerusalem, Jeremiah found himself in the city of Jerusalem itself.  It was not a pretty picture as well the book of Lamentations describes.  There was nothing glorious about the city or the beautiful temple that Solomon had built.  Anything of value had been looted and carried off to Babylon.  In the midst of all of this, God speaks to Jeremiah and gives him a promise that is good for us even today.  There are so many things that we do not know nor do we understand but we have something that the rest of the world does not have.  We can call out to God in prayer and have the benefit of the promise given in this verse.  We can call out and God will answer.  That would be benefit enough but the promise goes on.  He goes on to say that He will show us great and mighty things. When I think of this statement, I also think about the closing of the book of Job when god tells Job to be quiet and listen and then goes on to relate to Job things that God had done and that Job knew nothing about. in chapters thirty-eight and thirty-nine. What an awesome God we serve!  Certainly, we can do this very thing today.  Have you called out to God in any thing, great or small?  Not only that, we also have a copy of His Word that gives us information that goes beyond our imagination.  The first eleven chapters of Genesis remind us of God's creative power.  Colossians 1 also reminds us of how things were created and why they were created in the first place and how everything is being maintained even today.  Call out to God in prayer today and be expecting to receive something new and glorious.  Praise God for His power and His love toward us at the same time.