Jeremiah 1:4-7
4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knewyou,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6 “Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
7 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.”
Reflection:
God knew Jeremiah before he was in the womb. God set him apart and called him before he was born. The calling Jeremiah receives is to not be afraid for God is going to be with him and to live with God’s heart for a broken people. Jeremiah’s calling most resembles the calling that Paul received and lived out as we’ve learned through the Corinthians studies. We live in modern day Corinth and as God has called Jeremiah and Paul, God is calling us to not be afraid for He is with us and to live in this world, with this generation with God’s heart for the broken people. We are to be the Jeremiahs and Pauls for our generation.
Response:
Let’s pray humbly that God would break our hearts for our broken generation, to live with God’s heart in our daily lives as we work, study, play and worship God. Let’s remember we are called to be not afraid for the Lord is with us.
