Jeremiah 32: 6 At that time the Lord sent me a message. He said, 7 “Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.’”

8 Then, just as the Lord had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the Lord.

you know I have seen many things I believed God told me come to pass... yet I am not sure many times.. and the longer it takes for something to happen.. the more unsure I get... 

this scripture happens in chapter 32 of Jeremiah.. he has been out proclaiming to the people for YEARS what God has said to him... he has been made fun of.. he has been outcast.. he has been beaten and imprisoned... 

you would think that he was very sure that it was God speaking... but here we are at chapter 32 and he gets a message he says is from the Lord.. but after it happens then he states.. then I knew that the message I heard was from the Lord... 

this gave me a lot of peace... even Jeremiah... after a long time of proclaiming what God has said to him... still he was not sure.. but just had to speak what he believed was God and wait to see it happen before he was sure... 

thank you Lord for showing me that I am not the only one who gets unsure and insecure about what I believe you have said...