I Will Scripture 1

"And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible." - Jeremiah 15:21
 This is with repentance (v.19) 

What does it mean ? To be very optimistic, God will get us out of the hand of the wicked and the terrible.
Well, that is a predicament. It doesn't say God will not let us fall into the hands of the wicked or terrible.

No, we will fall into the hands of the wicked and terrible. For me , I have at least thought " If I mess up, then I will see it, ok I'm due to being put into some evil hand or something" No, that is not right, God lets it rain on the righteous and unrighteous (Matthew 5:45), why would it be all of a sudden different in this case? Like Job said in Job 2: 10 .....Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" ...

Hm, that is a hard lesson. Very hard. It is hard because I look at and just can't figure out the injustice it seems to be at times. I think "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE! WHY IS THIS INJUSTICE HAPPENING?!"

Yeah I put capitals, emphasis (yup whole thing is emphasized) . That is the root of weakness, not being in control or not being able to do it yourself.
Notice how it says I WILL ( God will), when I think of how weak I have been in the past, all I feel or have felt, is shame. Why did I get mad, why did I yell, Why couldn't I (I I I I I I , hm, that is a problem in itself) do it?
A brother and one who has helped me, once said "We get angry when we lose "control" (as if we ever had any) and can't seem to wrangle our feelings about something."

We/I need to be saved, not always because I did something wrong, but so God can either :
A. Remind me HE is in control.
B. Teach me something
C. To show His power and might an love
D. Hey, maybe I did mess up (no, not me......sarcasm :) )
E. A combination of  any of the above

Last point , this is not God saying we will be delivered by some thing, HE will deliver. Just be on the lookout to not get stuck on how we are delivered or how quick we are delivered; that is rarely the point.

One thing I can be certain of, though it is still hard  and maybe always hard for me, is that if I turn to Him, fully give Him the control, no matter what, HE WILL deliver me and is the only one to be all to deliver me.

Well open to comments as always.

Be safe, smile, don't give up .