FEARLESS MESSENGER? – Tuesday November 29th
2016
Memorise: Be not afraid of
their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the lord. Jeremiah 1:8
Read: Jeremiah 1:4-10 (KJV)
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.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold,
I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said
unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send
thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to
deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put
forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said
unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over
the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down,
to build, and to plant.
Bible in one year: Exodus
6:14-8:32, Psalms 110-111
MESSAGE
There
are different ways by which God can send His word to His people. The Word of
the Lord came unto Jeremiah telling him to fear not the faces of the people He
was sending him to because the message He had given him would not be a pleasant
message for them. Same was the account of Jonah when he was given a message to
the people of Nineveh. Open Heaven Tuesday 29 November 2016:- Fearless Messenger?
The message of God to His children is always in various forms. It contains
doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness (2nd
Timothy 3:16). It is always difficult for man to be confronted with
his errors and wicked ways, and this was the assignment that God gave Prophet
Jeremiah. How I wish there are many prophet Jeremiahs in our land, there would
be more revival in our land. Prophets like Jeremiah who will call a spade a
spade and not water down the Word of God because of the faces of the people.
You cannot entangle yourself with the affairs of this world and still deliver
the message of God without bias. There are many men of God who are afraid of
the people God is sending them to. The God we serve has not given us the spirit
of fear but of boldness and soundness of mind.
“For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
God
wanted Jeremiah to warn the people about the punishment to come if they would
not repent from their ways of wickedness. God told Jeremiah to inform those who
were proud and wicked, that the rod of affliction was coming on them. [Open
Heavens Devotional 2016] The essence of this message to the people was for them
to purge themselves from righteousness. Each time the Word of God comes to you,
it is an opportunity to amend your ways before it is too late. God wants you to
be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for His use so that you can be
prepared for every good work.
Whatever
assignment God has given to you, do not be afraid. You will meet with many
oppositions and enemies but you can be sure God is by your side. They may look
big, but they are not bigger than the One who has sent you. God will always
deliver you out of the hand of persecutors. He will not only stand by you as
you deliver the Word, He will deliver you from every trouble in the course of
the assignment. When God sends you a message, He also backs you with His power.
They may not like your face, but you can be sure that once you have declared
the counsel of God to them, at the point of judgment; you will not be
responsible for their blood.
Key Point
If God be for you who can be
against you?
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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