Jeremiah 37:21 - Homilies By S. Conway

The rough wind stayed in the day of the east wind.

Very terrible to the prophet were the sufferings he had to bear. Hence he seeks for relief by petitioning the king for help, which the king is led to bestow ( Jeremiah 37:21 ). It is an illustration of how God stays his rough wind, etc. Note—

I. GOD OFTEN LETS SORE TROUBLE COME TO HIS SERVANTS .

II. BUT HE APPOINTS IT ACCORDING TO THEIR POWER OF ENDURANCE . He is not a hard master, gathering where he has not strawed, nor reaping where he has not sown. He fits the back for the burden it has to bear. If staying in the dread dungeon was too great a trial for his prophet, he will have him taken out. The wave that would have sunk the boat in which our Lord was with his disciples was never permitted to beat into it. A great many others came, but not that one. And so it ever is. "As thy day, so thy strength." God will be our "arm every morning."

III. THEREFORE " TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW ," etc.—C.