Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. Jeremiah 38:6
So, Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
I think of that scripture often when enduring things.
Jeremiah was obeying God.
Still, he ended up in a dungeon and for a portion of that time, he was in mire.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Lamentations 3:53
With all the trials and persecutions Jeremiah endured, he came forth knowing God well.
If we could talk to Jeremiah today, I doubt he would declare anything that God allowed was a mistake.
God does not make mistakes. The mistake is in our perception of God and His will.
Humility is impressed on us when we endure God’s will in uncomfortable situations,
only to see His glory shine forth as He works to perform His will to mold and shape us.
Jeremiah suffered much, but as he processed his condition, he found hope in the Lord.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because He hath borne it upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
But though He cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
To crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth.
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Jeremiah 3:18-36