Jeremiah 32:26-27 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”
Jeremiah is instructed by God to buy a field at a most unlikely time. He has been imprisoned and the enemy who is getting ready to destroy Jerusalem and take God’s people into captivity occupies the field he is supposed to buy. This is a most unlikely time for a real estate transaction. But I love the sequence in this chapter. Jeremiah obeys the word of the Lord and then has questions. It’s usually the other way around for us. We typically ask questions first and then obey if it makes sense. Jeremiah buys the field and then prays to God. This is part of his prayer in verses 24 and 25 just prior to our devotional: “Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! 25And You have said to me, O Lord GOD, ‘Buy the field for money, and take witnesses’!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” Sounds like buyer’s remorse to me. Jeremiah can’t believe what he has just done! Three exclamation points in these two verses. This makes no sense whatsoever.
God unfolds to him what the transaction means. It is a prophetic purchase. Although the enemy occupies the land, God wants Jeremiah to buy the field to make a statement that Israel will again be restored to the land. Although it looks like the enemy’s possession of it will make the ownership of the property impossible, there will come a day when fields will be purchased and houses will be built.
Your situation may look difficult and in your mind you may think it is impossible, but hear the word of the Lord: “Is there anything too hard for Me?” Go ahead, buy that field. Make a prophetic purchase and let the enemy know, “This territory belongs to God’s people!” Nothing is too hard for our God.