The word for today is- Fire !!

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The word for today is- Fire !!

 

Understand God called Jeremiah at a young age. Jeremiah’s life tells us something of the divine operation of God’s will. God had a master plan for Jeremiah before the prophet was conceived in his mother’ womb. God’s call to the prophetic office was effectual; Jeremiah responded to the sovereign call. God gave Jeremiah all he needed to fulfill his ministry.God had spoken some great words to Jeremiah. He did this at the beginning of the prophet’s work. Jeremiah’s job was going to be very hard. But God encouraged him. Read Jeremiah 15:20,And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Jeremiah is one of the great prophets of the Old Testament. At times, Jeremiah was referred to as the “weeping prophet,” because of the heartfelt messages he proclaimed.  Jeremiah could not help but proclaim God’s word because of the fire burning within him. God’s word in Jeremiah was like a fire burning it just wouldn’t stay in. Now get this,we have or should have this fire in us ( the believers). It is a tremendous burden to have to tell people what they don’t want to hear, the truth. Jeremiah’s preaching, informs us that he was trying to keep God’s word to himself to ease his woes, but found that the woes within him only increased. Read Jeremiah 20:9,Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.  What was he referring to when he said "it?" What was it that he couldn’t hold in? What he couldn’t hold in was his knowledge of God’s word. That’s the way it is with the word of God in some men’s lives. "Is not my word like fire?" God says in Jeremiah 23:29. There is something about the word of God living in certain men’s hearts that simply cannot be held in. Read Luke 3:16,John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: Then, He ask us a question? Read Jeremiah 23:28-29,The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? God has charged his shepherds today, with the same charge he gave to the Prophet Ezekiel, saying, Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the whole house of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say, and warn them for me. Jesus said that anyone who enters the fold any other way than through the door, was only a thief and a robber. And the thief only comes but for to steal, kill, and destroy. How much do you care for the lost? How concerned are we about the lost souls Paul fearlessly declared, in Romans 1:16,“For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation…” In light of this great power, should not the fire of God’s word be burning within us? Look at Paul and his companions went from city to city they met with two kinds of people,  those who heard their preaching and accepted it and those who heard their preaching and rejected it.The thing about Jeremiah is that he was faithful to what God told him to preach. You must be faithful to God and finish your course. God will reward you. Stay the course. Don’t quit! to God and finish your course. God will reward you. Stay the course. Don’t quit. Thank you Lord for your word !