086. Jeremiah Acknowledges The Lord As His Portion.

Jeremiah Acknowledges The Lord As His Portion.

Jeremiah’s Acknowledgment, etc., as recorded.—Lamentations 3:24-66. The prophet in this prayer shows us the benefit of affliction, and in the chapter in which it is contained seems to consider his own personal sorrow, and sympathizes deeply with others under similar circumstances with himself. We are expressly told by the prophet not only to lift our hands but our hearts to God; not to come in formality, but after searching our ways, to acknowledge our sin, and that God, who doeth right in afflicting the children of men, will hear such prayer. In the words of the hymn suggested by the prayer of the prophet, we shall find it “Sweet to look inward and attend The whispers of his love;

Sweet to look upward to the place Where Jesus pleads above.

“Sweet in the confidence of faith To trust his firm decrees, Sweet to lie passive in his hand, And know no will but his.”