Picture this: the enemy army surrounds Jerusalem. Sword, famine, and disease have devastated the land. And at that exact moment, God tells Jeremiah to go buy a field—get the deed notarized, have witnesses sign it, make it official.

What kind of purchase is this for any rational person? It defied all prudence! There was almost no chance Jeremiah would ever live to enjoy that property. But for Jeremiah, it was enough that God had spoken. He knew that God always proves himself right to his children.

Listen to his reasoning: "Ah, Lord God! You can make this piece of land useful to me. You can drive out these invaders. You can let me sit peacefully under my own vine and fig tree on this very property I'm buying—because you made the heavens and the earth, and nothing is too hard for you!"

This is what gave the early saints their majesty—they dared to obey God's commands even when carnal reason condemned it. Noah builds a massive ship on dry ground. Abraham prepares to sacrifice his only son. Moses despises the treasures of Egypt. Joshua besieges Jericho for seven days with nothing but rams' horns for weapons. Every one of them acted on God's bare command, contrary to all human reason. And the Lord gave them rich rewards for their obedient faith.

Would to God that we had more of this heroic faith injected into modern Christianity! If we would venture more upon the naked promise of God, we would enter a world of wonders to which we are yet strangers.

Make Jeremiah's confidence your own: nothing is too hard for the God who created the heavens and the earth.