Jesus Calls Us
Called from the Margins of Society
The Prodigal Son
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) Jeremiah 1:4-10 The Voice4 And now the fateful day when the Eternal One firstspoke to me: 5 Eternal One: Before I even formed you in your mother’s womb,
I knew all about you.
Before you drew your first breath, I had already chosen you
to be My prophet to speak My word to the nations. 6 Jeremiah: Ah, Eternal Lord!
I’m too young and inexperienced to speak for You. 7 Eternal One: Don’t use your youth as an excuse;
you can and will go wherever I send you.
You can and will say whatever I tell you to say.
8 You have no reason to fear the people you speak to,
for I am with you and will defend you. 9 Then the Eternal reached out and touched my mouth, and He gave me His divine message. Eternal One: Look, I have placed My words in you.
You will know what to say now, for you will be My voice.
10 This very day I appointed you to speak with My authority over nations and kingdoms.
Your word—My word—will have the power to uproot and stamp out;
it will destroy and upend.
And then your word—My word—will rebuild and plant anew.
For Reflection I knew you before you were born! What a remarkable statement.
This leaves no doubt that God created each of us to be uniquely us and uniquely God's. We try to ignore or deny God's will for us but we cannot. Even when we use the youth or the incompetence excuse, God knows that he has made us perfect for the task. God will speak through us and to us. And God's word shall be our word.
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Pray for the wisdom and courage to become the person God has willed for you to be.
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