Jer.30:10-18

Nobody wants a "Job's Comforter". No! And nobody can say you are not being healed because of your sin! But... sometimes we ARE being chastised for our sin, and the Lord will show us if this is so. The Lord spanks those that He loves! Anyway, when the Lord led me to these verses in Aug. 1998, I knew they were for me. Of course, the words are to Israel, but they were for me, too...Some would say I was being too hard on myself, but I don't think so. The Lord wants to bring us to a place of humility and to show us our sin....I have not stayed here. I know God has forgiven me....and just like this passage says, the "spanking" is in MEASURE. Healing WILL come! Praise the Lord!

Jeremiah 30:10-18

10 THEREFORE FEAR THOU NOT, O MY SERVANT JACOB, SAITH THE LORD: NEITHER BE DISMAYED, O ISRAEL: FOR LO, I WILL SAVE THEE FROM AFAR, AND THY SEED FROM THE LAND OF THEIR CAPTIVITY; AND JACOB SHALL RETURN, AND SHALL BE IN REST, AND BE QUIET, AND NONE SHALL MAKE HIM AFRAID.

Thank-You, Lord, for promising to save me and my children out of the captivity of our sin. And thank-You for the lack of fear I have just now which is most definitely from You. It is a miracle! "In returning and rest shall (I) be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be (my) strength." (Is. 30:15)

11 FOR I AM WITH THEE, SAITH THE LORD, TO SAVE THEE: THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS WHITHER I HAVE SCATTERED THEE, YET WILL I NOT MAKE A FULL END OF THEE: BUT I WILL CORRECT THEE IN MEASURE, AND WILL NOT LEAVE THEE ALTOGETHER UNPUNISHED."

Thank-You for being with me, Lord! You will correct me through this my sickness. Yes, You have been correcting me for all these many years!Thank-You, Lord, that it is in measure. Surely it is for my good, and You will not make a "full end" of me. You will save me! Hallelujah!

12-13 FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, THY BRUISE IS INCURABLE, AND THY WOUND IS GRIEVOUS. THERE IS NONE TO PLEAD THY CAUSE, THAT THOU MAYEST BE BOUND UP:THOU HAST NO HEALING MEDICINES."

Lord, after going to several doctors...after taking many supplements...it does look like there are no healing medicines. It does look like this sickness is incurable. (And of course spiritually my wounds were incurable, too, until You saved me.)

14 ALL THY LOVERS HAVE FORGOTTEN THEE; THEY SEEK THEE NOT; FOR I HAVE
WOUNDED THEE WITH THE WOUND OF AN ENEMY, WITH THE CHASTISEMENT OF A
CRUEL ONE, FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITY; BECAUSE THY SINS WERE
INCREASED.

Yes, Lord, my sorrow in incurable here while I am on earth...but I am rejoicing through my sorrow, for my sins have been covered by the blood of Jesus! Yes, I have sorrow because of my sins, and You are spanking me, but it will all turn out for my good. Thank-You, Lord!

16 THEREFORE ALL THEY THAT DEVOUR THEE SHALL BE DEVOURED; AND ALL THINE ADVERSARIES, EVERYONE OF THEM SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY; AND THEY
THAT SPOIL THEE SHALL BE A SPOIL, ALL THAT PREY UPON THEE WILL I GIVE FOR A PREY.

Therefore You will destroy my enemies - the devil and all his angels? Yes! Hallelujah! You say in verses 10 and 11 - "Fear thou not...For am with thee." You allow the devil to come against me in order to purify me, but he shall be destroyed in the end!

17 FOR I WILL RESTORE HEALTH UNTO THEE, AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS, SAITH THE LORD; BECAUSE THEY CALLED THEE AN OUTCAST, SAYING, THIS IS ZION, WHOM NO MAN SEEKETH AFTER.

You shall heal me..when, Lord? If not in this life, surely when I see You face to face! Hallelujah! You shall heal me! And why? Because I have been an Outcast along with you, my precious Jesus!

18 THUS SAITH THE LORD; BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB'S TENTS, AND HAVE MERCY ON HIS DWELLING PLACES; AND THE CITY SHALL BE BUILDED UPON HER OWN HEAP, AND THE PALACES SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE MANNER THEREOF.

Surely Lord, You will do all this for Your glory and because of Your great mercy! Amen!

P.S. in 2001, verse 17 has even more meaning to me now that I am an "outcast" because of MCS. :)