God speaking through you

 Jeremiah 22:1

Have you ever had this thought; the Lord has never spoken to me about warning a leader or a person in leadership to choose correctly, as he did with Jeremiah.  You will find the answer in the time you spend in the Scriptures. We find this answer in Jeremiah’s life; “Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.” (Jeremiah 15:16)  Do you ponder on the Scriptures, do they become an encouragement to your heart, do you know that God knitted you together in your mother's womb and numbered your days before one of them had happened?  Do you know that you are the apple of the Fathers eye?  Do you listen for God your Father to speak into your life, as Jeremiah is doing in Jeremiah 15:17, “I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.”  The world’s offerings had no appeal to Jeremiah, in fact, he had disdain for what it offered.  

What if we did the above is our encouragement found in the Scriptures of what our great and mighty God will do?   We do not have to search very far in Jeremiah 15:19, we have God’s promise: “Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me.  If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth.  They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.”

So as we begin to search for God speaking to our heart in Jeremiah 22:1, “Thus says the LORD: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,” could our lack of hearing be found in Jeremiah 15:16-19?  Are we just checking off in our minds that we read the Bible, but we did not allow time to ask a question and listen for the Spirit to speak into our life?  Or could it be we heard the voice of the Lord, but it was not the message we wanted to deliver?

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice