Lamentations 4
PLAN B
Ok, so we have a problem. We have done what we should do by taking our problem to the LORD in prayer, but what if God is slow coming to the party or has other ideas than the ones we might like? What is our Plan B?
As Jerusalem was surrounded by the Babylonian army and about to fall, there would have been many prayers for deliverance going up to God. But at the same time, the people decided that they couldn’t rely on God, and neither did they want to change their way of life to live God’s way, so they developed a Plan B. Egypt was their only other hope. Egypt’s army was the only one that might possibly have been able to defeat the Babylonians.
This is Jeremiah’s description of the people’s reliance on Plan B: “Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.” (Lamentations 4 v 17 ESV). Plan B didn’t work. Egypt couldn’t save the people of Jerusalem because God already had the end in mind. Without turning to God, the people of Judah and Jerusalem had already sealed their own fate.
If we are going to rely on God, turn to him, and trust in his answers to our prayers as Plan A, then we can forget having to make a Plan B. We won’t need Plan B if we put all our trust in God.
Giving our complete trust to God is hard to do. We may be sorely tested as we put our trust in him, but he will do what is best for us. Let’s trust him. Let’s make God our Plan A, not even think about Plan B.
May we trust in the Lord with all our hearts this week.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
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