Tuesday June 23, 2009 HIS SPOKESPERSON
The LORD spoke his word to me, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." I, Jeremiah, said, "Almighty LORD, I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy!" But the LORD said to me, "Don't say that you are only a boy. You will go wherever I send you. You will say whatever I command you to say. Don't be afraid of people. I am with you, and I will rescue you," declares the LORD. Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. The LORD said to me, "Now I have put my words in your mouth. Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will uproot and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build and plant." Jeremiah 1:4-10 Well, it starts today.a brief walkthrough on that awesome prophet.Jeremiah. He and I have so much in common, but what about you? How long has God been trying to get your attention? How long have you known that He has a plan for your life, but you just can't seem to believe that He would want to use you in that capacity? Maybe you can relate with Jeremiah. Yet, again, maybe you know all this and still you just can't seem to get it together! Well, again, I will use Max Lucado's words from the New Century Bible, on his introduction to the book of Jeremiah to encourage you: "No church would hire Jeremiah. He wouldn't make it past the first interview. Better still, he wouldn't even make it to the interview. He had little stomach for organized religion. One can hardly blame him. What he saw would nauseate the worst of us. He saw raging immorality. He saw blatant idolatry. He saw unbridled hypocrisy. He saw priests who sold out to the highest bidder. He saw kings who lived out his worst nightmare. Were his head a Niagara, it wouldn't generate enough tears for him to weep. Like Job, he cursed the day he was born, and again, you can hardly blame him. It was a rotten day in which to live. He could see the writing on the Babylonian wall, but you'd think he was the only one who knew how to read. In the end, the walls fell, just like he said. The Temple was raided, just like he prophesied. And the people were bound like slaves and led into Babylon. To his credit, he never said, 'I told you so.' He remained behind and walked along the ruins and did what he did most of his life. He wept." Many of us are like Jeremiah; we are sick and tired of organized religion and need the fresh wind of His Holy Spirit to blow on us. However, like Jeremiah, we may need to taste it for a time, but then God will call us back to the task He assigned us to and we may find ourselves in a cistern or two. Nevertheless, also like Jeremiah, we need to be true to the call of God on our lives. As for me, that is my call, to build others up and plant them in the truth of His love. Jeremiah didn't wait for the people to come to him, he often walked the lonely road of rejection and being misunderstood and I am glad he did. The words God gave him have both convicted me and encouraged me to be all that God wants me to be. Yes, I admit, I have fallen way short, and I have a long way to go, but I know who walks with me. Let's be about His work today - discovering the plan He has for us and the path He wants us to walk. Holy Spirit, come refresh me for the path I will walk today. Renew me with the fire of Your love. Speak in that still small voice the words You would have me speak to each person I come in contact with. Help me be the spokesperson the Father wants me to be. ******************************************* Please join us in skype on Monday thru Friday from 3:30 p.m. eastern time addiction recovery1,praising and testimony worship in skype. O. Addison Gethers e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] messenger contact window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype:cowboys62 yahoo:OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
