OMER COUNT DAY 22

Jeremiah 24 | Seen, Set Apart, and Positioned

As we come into Day 22, Jeremiah 24 presents us with a picture that is both simple and deeply revealing. Yahuah shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs. One filled with good figs, ripe and desirable, and the other with figs so bad they cannot be eaten.

At first glance, it feels like a straightforward separation but as the chapter unfolds, what Yahuah reveals challenges our natural way of seeing.

The good figs represent those who have been carried away into exile and those who have been removed from what was familiar, comfortable, and stable. The bad figs, on the other hand, are those who remained behind in Jerusalem, still in the land, still appearing secure.

This is where the perspective shifts because we would naturally assume that staying would be a sign of blessing and being taken away would be a sign of loss or judgment, but YAHUAH turns that thinking upside down. He calls the exiles “good” and He says He will watch over them, build them, and bring them back, then He will give them a heart to know Him.

With this, suddenly we see something deeper: that Father’s positioning does not always match our expectations. Sometimes being removed is actually protection and sometimes being unsettled is the beginning of restoration and sometimes what feels like loss is actually His mercy at work.

At the same time, remaining in a place of comfort does not always mean we are aligned because the bad figs represent those who resisted, who remained hardened, who were not willing to respond to His correction.

This is a prophetic picture for us today.

We are living in a time where Father is shifting, refining, and repositioning His people and not every shift will feel comfortable. Not every transition will make sense in the moment, but this chapter reminds us of that YAHIAH sees clearly. He knows who is willing, who is responsive and who is allowing their heart to be shaped by Him and more than that and He is intentional in where He places you.

Pause and Look Within

As we sit with this, it gently draws us into a place of honesty before Father. How do I respond when things in my life don’t go the way I expected? When I am moved out of what feels familiar, or when something is taken away, do I immediately see it as loss, or am I willing to trust that Father may be working something deeper?

Am I resisting His process, or am I allowing Him to refine my heart within it? And then there is the question of the heart itself. Because the promise given to the “good figs” is powerful because YAHUAH says He will give them a heart to know Him.

So the question becomes: am I allowing Him to do that work in me? Am I open to being shaped, corrected, and drawn closer, even when it’s uncomfortable? Or am I holding onto my own understanding, my own preferences, my own sense of control?

This is not about outward position and it’s about inward posture.

Teaching by Esther Cohen, which will further deepen and open this word for today.

Abba Yahuah,

Thank You that You see beyond what I see. Where I have misunderstood the seasons in my life, I ask that You give me Your perspective. Help me to trust You, even when things feel uncertain or uncomfortable.

If there are areas where I am resisting Your work in me, soften my heart and make me willing to be shaped, corrected, and drawn closer to You.

Give me a heart to know You, not just in understanding, but in relationship and let my life be aligned with Your ways, not just outwardly, but deeply within.

Thank You that You are intentional in where You place me, and that You are working for my good even when I cannot fully see it. I trust You to build, to plant and to restore in Your perfect timing.

In the name of YAHUSHUA HaMashiach, halleluYAH!

Beloved, there is such a strong thread of hope running through this chapter because if you find yourself in a season that feels uncertain, or where things have shifted in ways you didn’t expect, this is a reminder that you are not overlooked. You are not misplaced.

Yahuah sees you.

More than that, He is actively watching over you for good. He is working within your situation to shape something deeper in your heart, to draw you closer to Him, to establish you in truth, and to prepare you for what is ahead.

He is not random in His ways, He is intentional and even in seasons of discomfort, there is a promise: He will build, He will plant, and He will restore. So, you can rest in this, where you are right now is not outside of His view. If your heart is turned toward Him, He is working for your good in ways you may not yet fully see.

What feels like displacement may actually be the very place where Father is drawing you closest to Him.