Buck up, little Buckaroo

Buck up, little Buckaroo

Jer. 12: 5

[The Lord rebukes Jeremiah's impatience, saying]
If you have raced with men on foot [the smallest difficulties you’ve had to deal with]

and they have tired you out, [caused you to be exhausted and weary to the point of giving up]

then how can you compete with horses? [when exposed to much greater trials from enemies much more powerful]

And if in a land of peace where you feel secure, [feel confident only if you are where things are calm and friends are around you]

then what will you do in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan? [when you are alone in a time of greater opposition and have go through obstacles that are like a dense growth of tangled bushes with the lions roaring round]

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Pray the Word:

Lord, sometimes we come to You very troubled about hard things that are happening to us and instead of being ‘comforted’ [pacified] as we thought we would be, You say to us “buck up, little buckaroo – when you think everything’s gone wrong, remember you have Me and, together we are strong and we win!”