“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard
for Me?” (Jer. xxxii. 27.)
Cyrus, the King, was compelled to fulfil the vision of Jeremiah, by making
a decree, the instant the prophecy had foretold, declaring that Jehovah
had bidden him rebuild Jerusalem and invite her captives to return to
their native home. So Jeremiah’s faith was vindicated and Jehovah’s
prophecy gloriously fulfilled, as faith ever will be honored. Oh, for the
faith, that in the dark present and the darker future, shall dare to
subscribe the evidences and seal up the documents if need be, for the time
of waiting, and then begin to testify to the certainty of its hope like
the prophet of Anathoth!
The word Anathoth has a beautiful meaning, “echoes.” So faith is the
“echo” of God and God always gives the “echo” to faith, as He answers it
back in glorious fulfilment. Oh, let our faith echo also the brave claim
of the ancient prophet and take our full inheritance, with his glorious
shout, “Oh, Lord, Thou art the God of all flesh, is there anything too
hard for the Lord?” and back like an echo will come the heavenly answer to
our heart, “I am the God of all flesh, is there anything too hard for Me?”