Good day dear friends.
Here is our study guide for today:
Wednesday: Jeremiah 1, 2, 3List what you know about Jeremiah from reading Jeremiah 1.
Jeremiah's father was Kilkiah. His dad and Jeremiah were priests. They lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin. We know when Jeremiah's call came (13th year of King Josiah's reign). We also know that this call from God was constant, it kept coming until the fifth month of the 11th year of King Zedekiah's reign.
God's message to Jeremiah was that God shaped him in the womb and knew Jeremiah well. And God revealed that His plan for Jeremiah included Jeremiah's being a prophet. God promised He would guide Jeremiah in all ways. He even touched Jeremiah's mouth and "hand-delivered" His message for His people. Jeremiah's job was to tear down and build up. His job would be to rebuild and plant. God also shows Jeremiah a walking stick as a sign that God was with him. God then shows Jeremiah a boiling pot which symbolized the coming destruction of the kingdom. But Jeremiah was to know that God had made him indestructable to anything that would come against him. God called Jeremiah a one-man defense team.
It all says the same thing: Serving and standing for God is never easy. We'll encounter others with their own opinions about life, faith, God. We'll encounter those who would like nothing better than to destroy the work of God in our midst, all in the name of doing good or doing better. But ours is a faith that says to hold on to God and to do what God would have us do.
PRAYER: Loving God help my faith in You today to stay strong. Let me seek to serve only You in all things. I pray that Your message would be strong and clear to me, and that I receive from You that which helps me to hold on. I pray in Jesus' strong Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
Here is our study guide for today:
Wednesday: Jeremiah 1, 2, 3List what you know about Jeremiah from reading Jeremiah 1.
Jeremiah's father was Kilkiah. His dad and Jeremiah were priests. They lived in Anathoth in the country of Benjamin. We know when Jeremiah's call came (13th year of King Josiah's reign). We also know that this call from God was constant, it kept coming until the fifth month of the 11th year of King Zedekiah's reign.
God's message to Jeremiah was that God shaped him in the womb and knew Jeremiah well. And God revealed that His plan for Jeremiah included Jeremiah's being a prophet. God promised He would guide Jeremiah in all ways. He even touched Jeremiah's mouth and "hand-delivered" His message for His people. Jeremiah's job was to tear down and build up. His job would be to rebuild and plant. God also shows Jeremiah a walking stick as a sign that God was with him. God then shows Jeremiah a boiling pot which symbolized the coming destruction of the kingdom. But Jeremiah was to know that God had made him indestructable to anything that would come against him. God called Jeremiah a one-man defense team.
It all says the same thing: Serving and standing for God is never easy. We'll encounter others with their own opinions about life, faith, God. We'll encounter those who would like nothing better than to destroy the work of God in our midst, all in the name of doing good or doing better. But ours is a faith that says to hold on to God and to do what God would have us do.
PRAYER: Loving God help my faith in You today to stay strong. Let me seek to serve only You in all things. I pray that Your message would be strong and clear to me, and that I receive from You that which helps me to hold on. I pray in Jesus' strong Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
