JEREMIAH

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.”

Jeremiah 1:5

If ever a man was called by God to fail, that man was the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah lived a pretty normal life until he heard God calling him to a mission which wrote his name in history.

Jeremiah was about 20 when God said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). Was Jeremiah excited? “Ah, Sovereign Lord,” he replied, “I am only a child,” but Jeremiah’s concern was put to rest with a great promise, “I am with you and will rescue you” (Jeremiah 1:7). And then God touched his mouth with a coal and sent him to call God’s people to repentance.

The life of Jeremiah is a study of vivid contrasts – dark days penetrated by the brilliant light of God’s intervention. First, God called him to a tough task: to convince his own nation that they were headed for destruction by resisting the growing powers of Babylon. For at least 20 years before the nation finally collapsed, Jeremiah thundered forth diatribes of doom. He was one of the most hated men of his day.

Yet a study of this man reveals a sensitive, deeply caring person who loved his country and far more, loved his God. He was a man who was consumed with the mercy of God, absolutely convinced that if Israel would only grasp at the straw of God’s mercy, they would be saved from destruction.

Nonetheless, Jeremiah without wavering held to his position that destruction was absolutely certain unless God’s people did a reverse about face and repented of their sinful wrongdoing.

God Bless YOU..

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