In Jeremiah 12: 5, God asks Jeremiah the question,
'How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?'
Jeremiah had been complaining about how the wicked were prospering, and the Lord asks him, in effect, that if he is wearied at these things in his land, how would he fare when things would get even worse ?
Rev David Park asks the question, that, if the troubles of life which befall us are hard to bear (in no way minimising the suffering of others), then how will we fare when we come to the deeper and darker valleys of life.
We have many 'Jordans' to cross, and there will come the swelling times, when we feel totally overwhelmed, the situation seems impossible, and death is in view - for the crossing of the Jordan speaks of death.
How will we do then ?
Rev Park looks at the following three points concerning this:
1. A Solemn Certainty
2. A Searching Challenge
3. A Sound Conversion
In conclusion, may we ask, which of the following words will apply to us ?
'At the river of Jordan, all alone
At the river, you'll leave it all behind.
Friends can`t help or ease your pain
All your riches are in vain.
At the river of Jordan, all alone.'
Or will it be......
'I won`t have to cross Jordan alone.
Jesus died all my sins to atone.
When the darkness I see,
He will be waiting for me.
I won't have to cross Jordan alone.' |
