Being “Shut-up” - Jeremiah 32-26

Jeremiah 32:2-6 (ESV Strong's)
2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it; 4 Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 5 And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the LORD. Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed’?”
6 Jeremiah said, “The word of the LORD came to me:

Being Locked Up Creates Great Openings For God’s Voice:

Jeremiah is in prison for his faith.   While in prison for his faith, over these next few chapters, Jeremiah is given some of the greatest words we could meditate upon.  Here are only two of the passages Jeremiah received while being “shut-up:”

Jeremiah 32:17 (ESV Strong's)
17 ‘Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Jeremiah 32:26-27 (ESV Strong's)
26 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?

Are those references not the greatest to think about during the day?   In the above passage it states that Jeremiah was put in prison and then again in Jeremiah 33:1.   This did not stop God from speaking to him and, in fact, gave him a ready mind to receive powerful words from God.   The same was true of Peter.  Many of the letters Paul wrote came to him while in prison.   Being “shut-up” close down the noise around us.  It puts us in the place God can hear us.   Rejoice when God allows the world to shut you in!  In those divine directed moments God wants to shout out to you His divine powerful character.