“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3
Jerusalem was collapsing. The Babylonian army surrounded the city, siege ramps pressed against the walls, and famine crept through the streets. Judgment —the very judgment Jeremiah had preached—had come. And in the middle of that devastation, God told His prophet to do something that no human logic could justify: “Buy a field.” Jeremiah obeyed. He weighed out the silver, signed the deed, sealed the contract, and stored it in a clay jar for a future he knew he would never personally see. From a human perspective, it was a foolish investment — but from God’s perspective, it was hope deliberately planted in the rubble of judgment. Jeremiah was not just preaching restoration; he was living as if restoration was already guaranteed. God had already declared, “Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.” (Jeremiah 32:15) The city would fall, the people would be carried away, but exile would not be the end of the story. God was not abandoning His people — He was refining them.
Into that darkness, God spoke one of the most powerful invitations in all of Scripture: “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3) God did not tell Jeremiah to figure things out, endure silently, or wait until the situation improved. He called him to seek His voice in the middle of confusion. The clay jar Jeremiah buried carried a deed—but more than that, it carried a promise: God still had a future for His people, one far greater than what they could see in the moment. And beyond the return from exile, God pointed to an even greater hope — the coming of the Righteous Branch, the One who would bring salvation, righteousness, and restoration beyond anything Jeremiah could have imagined. (Jeremiah 33:15–16) God was not merely promising to restore land—He was promising the reconciliation of mankind’s relationship with Himself.
Jeremiah 32 and 33 teach us the magnificent opportunity we have today to have God work mightily through us!
Like Jeremiah, God sometimes asks us to obey in ways that do not make sense to human reasoning. He may call us to forgive when it feels undeserved, to persevere when circumstances look hopeless, to give when resources seem thin, or to step forward when the outcome remains unseen.
Supernatural faith does not deny reality — it chooses to believe that God is still faithful inside of it.
The field Jeremiah bought was not valuable because of what it was in that moment; it was valuable because of what God said it would one day be. In the same way, our obedience and our willingness to follow God’s leading — even when it feels like “buying a field in a collapsing city” —carry eternal worth because God is writing a story we cannot yet see.
God invites us not only to believe His promises, but to live like they are true.
The call from God remains the same today:
Call to Me. Listen for My voice. Trust My plan. Obey even when you do not yet understand, because I am doing greater and mightier things than you know.
There are times when God calls us to “buy a field” in our own lives — to invest in people or circumstances that seem broken, unlikely, or beyond hope. Sometimes that means reaching out to someone whose heart seems hardened, continuing to pray for a family member everyone else has given up on, or showing kindness to a person who has only ever responded with distance or anger. It may be mentoring a struggling young person who has no stability, serving in a ministry that doesn’t seem to produce results, or loving a community others have written off as too far gone. It may mean forgiving when reconciliation seems impossible, supporting someone who has repeatedly failed, or choosing to stay faithful in a place that feels barren. To the world, these choices look like wasted effort—but in God’s kingdom, they are seeds planted in faith, investments in futures we may never personally see. God asks us to trust that He is still working beneath the surface — restoring hearts the same way He restored His people to their land.
But keep in mind that we will never hear the voice of God leading us to sow or reap if we are not first born again and living a life of heart-obedience to God.
Jeremiah heard God clearly because he was living in full surrender to God. Scripture calls us to live in obedience to the things God has already revealed—to pray without ceasing, to serve in church, to love our enemies, to forgive as we have been forgiven, to care for the weak, to live in humility, to seek righteousness, to study God’s Word, and to obey the clear commands to avoid sin. When we walk in obedience to what God has already spoken, our hearts become more sensitive to His leading. We learn to recognize His voice.
When God asks us to “buy a field”—that is, to obey in a way that does not necessarily make sense—we are ready to respond. We act not because circumstances look promising, but because in our experience God is trustworthy. Like Jeremiah, we plant seeds we may never see grow, confident that God is writing a story far beyond our sight!
Jeremiah buried a deed in hope. Sometimes God asks us to do the same thing: to trust Him when nothing makes sense. To obey when circumstances look impossible. Again, supernatural faith does not deny reality. Faith says: “Yes, the city is under siege…but God is still faithful.” “Yes, consequences are real…redemption is forever.” “No, I do not see the end yet…but God is already there.” The field in Anathoth was not valuable because of what it was in that moment. It was valuable because of what God said it would one day be. So is our loving obedience to God!
Prayer:
Lord, thank You that Your plans are greater than what we can see, and that nothing You call us to do is ever wasted in Your hands. Give us a true and growing knowledge of who You are — Your faithfulness, Your goodness, and Your wisdom — so that we may trust Your leading even when it does not make sense to us. Teach us to walk in obedience to the things Your Word already commands, and to listen for Your voice with willing and surrendered hearts. Help us invest in people and places that seem broken or unlikely, and to plant seeds of faith where others see only ruins. Strengthen us to obey as Jeremiah did — not because we understand the outcome, but because we trust the God who holds it. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
