What God says to Jeremiah here in the first chapter of the book that bears the prophet’s name, God says to you too: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you …”. The reason why Jeremiah needed to be told this is because he would doubt his ability to do what God had appointed him to do. Jeremiah felt that he did not have the rhetorical powers to be a prophet. But God shows him that all he needs to do is to speak out whatever God gives him in any moment. God even gives Jeremiah a little training run before sending him out. When he does send him out, God continually tells Jeremiah not to be afraid. He certainly had reason to be afraid given that the message he was to deliver would have been considered treasonous to the authorities in Judah at the time. But those who step out in obedience to God will not fall. They may suffer for their mission, but they will be upheld and strengthened against all threats. The same principle underlying God’s word to Jeremiah applies to you whatever your assignment in God’s purpose may be. It is not your job to make things happen. Your job is simply to enact whatever God gives you to act within any given circumstance. Whatever you have been given is what you should use and that will be enough to achieve what God wants to achieve through you. What has God given you?
Think about what God has given you and how you can use this to serve him.
Read Jeremiah 1
