Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before
thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."
God has a distinct purpose for each life, and our one goal should be to discover and work out His plan. "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them," ( Ps. 139:16; "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace," (Gal. 1:15). Jeremiah was very young, and shrank from the responsibility of the great mission entrusted to him, just the same as some of us today; and Moses one of the the noblest, "And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue," (Ex.4:10).
But that is godly fear indeed which casts us back on God. He never gives a commission without assuming the responsibility of its execution in, and with, or through, us.
Powers of utterance are specially His gift, "And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged," (Is. 6:7). The almond tree in Hebrew is the wakeful tree. It awakes from the winter sleep earlier than others, flowering in January and fruiting in March. It indicated the swiftness of God’s movement. The boiling pot is the symbol of war. The promise of Jer. 1:19, they are very precious to all who are called to stand in the breach and charge men with their sins. "And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee," (Jer. 1:19).
Amen!
Reading: (Jer. 1:1-19
Ref: (HG SB)
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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