Jeremiah 39:10

We know that God ruled Nebuchadnezzar. We know that all Nebuchadnezzar did and conquered was because God made it so. And we come across a very unexpected example of this in chapter 39.

‘But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time’ (Jeremiah 39:10)

Judah has just been conquered. It had been besieged for 30 months (2.5 years), and then taken. All the princes had been killed, and the king had been blinded and taken captive. The rest of the people had been taken away to Babylon, and most of the city of Jerusalem had been burnt to the ground. And yet, the captain of the guard (under Nebuchadnezzar) decided to let the poor people who had nothing stay in the land, and even gave them vineyards and fields. We can just see God saying: ‘The first shall be last and the last shall be first’.

Let’s be confident that God works in each and every situation. Let’s trust that God will always be God, that He will never change, and that He will always be for our good.