Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
God does not rebuke the Prophet for sloth when He says Cry to me; rather He stirs all the godly to prayer. When sorrow wears us down and no comfort comes, it is our own fault, we are slow to cry out to God, who stands ever ready to answer and reveal hidden things to those who truly call upon Him.
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God speaks not once but twice, for we are so distrustful we need promise upon promise to comfort us. No prison walls can shut out His gracious visits; Paul's sweetest letters were written from a cell. As afflictions abound, His consolations abound much more.
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Commenting on Jeremiah 33:1-9
These great and hidden things are not what Jeremiah had already learned, the captivity and return, but the spiritual blessings of the Gospel itself, things difficult to understand, exceeding human belief, which reason cannot compass. Prayer opens the gates to enter what otherwise lies fortified and sealed.
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