Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak (Jer. 1:6, 7).
All God's commandments are enablings. When Moses was called by God to lead His people out of Egypt, he protested that he was not a convincing speaker. The Lord answered, "Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say" (Ex. 4:12). When we obey God, we shall have the strength to do what He bids us do.
In this command promise for today we too may share the experience of the young prophet Jeremiah. The Lord said to him, "Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth" (Jer. 1:9). As God's messengers we are to speak to lost people God's words, not our own. We are to preach His gospel, not mere human philosophy. "He that hath my word, let him speak my word,...saith the Lord" (Jer. 23:28). That is what Jesus did. He spoke the words of His Father.
A wayward young man ran away from home and was not heard from for years. Hearing of his father's death, he returned. The family assembled for the reading of the will, which, to the great surprise of all, told in detail of the waywardness of this son. In anger he arose, stamped out of the room, and was not heard of for three years. He was finally found, and informed that the will, after of his misdeeds, had bequeathed him $15,000. How much sorrow he would have been saved had he only listened to the entire will!
So it is with God's messages. They should all be spoken, all received, both the condemnation and the promises. It is true that the old Book says, "The wages of sin is death," but it says more. It continues, "but the gift of God is eternal life" (Rom. 6:23).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise" (Ps. 51:15).
All God's commandments are enablings. When Moses was called by God to lead His people out of Egypt, he protested that he was not a convincing speaker. The Lord answered, "Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say" (Ex. 4:12). When we obey God, we shall have the strength to do what He bids us do.
In this command promise for today we too may share the experience of the young prophet Jeremiah. The Lord said to him, "Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth" (Jer. 1:9). As God's messengers we are to speak to lost people God's words, not our own. We are to preach His gospel, not mere human philosophy. "He that hath my word, let him speak my word,...saith the Lord" (Jer. 23:28). That is what Jesus did. He spoke the words of His Father.
A wayward young man ran away from home and was not heard from for years. Hearing of his father's death, he returned. The family assembled for the reading of the will, which, to the great surprise of all, told in detail of the waywardness of this son. In anger he arose, stamped out of the room, and was not heard of for three years. He was finally found, and informed that the will, after of his misdeeds, had bequeathed him $15,000. How much sorrow he would have been saved had he only listened to the entire will!
So it is with God's messages. They should all be spoken, all received, both the condemnation and the promises. It is true that the old Book says, "The wages of sin is death," but it says more. It continues, "but the gift of God is eternal life" (Rom. 6:23).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise" (Ps. 51:15).
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