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Day 196

Reading: Jeremiah 1:1 - Jeremiah 3:25

Welcome to the Book of Jeremiah. I pray that as we start this book that your life will rise to new heights as you walk with God. Jeremiah begins with you and me being introduced to the call of God over him. We see the discussion between God and Jeremiah. This portion of scripture for me is very pertinent to my destiny. This scripture has spoken to me for many years as God has used it to encourage me to do His work. 

God's conversation with you today begins with His proclamation that before you were born He already had ordained your purpose. No one is born by accident. You are not a mistake. It doesn't matter how you arrived here, God knew of your arrival and He had a plan for you. Live with the confidence that God has a plan for you! Locate the plan to secure His backing.

We all have excuses when sent by God. Jeremiah gave the same excuse as Moses. They both stated that they were not eloquent. However, God overruled both. For Moses, God gave him Aaron to be his mouthpiece, for Jeremiah God encouraged him to be bold. Learn to be bold and watch God back His word in your mouth. 

Another excuse Jeremiah gave was his age. God is not bound by time so to give Him an excuse that is time-related is a non-starter. It doesn't matter what your age is with God, Sarah discovered that God's timeline is not the biological clock in her. God is outside of time. Moses was 80 when God called him. 80 years is considered too late to start a bid to contest leadership at any level however not God. David was young when God came calling. When God calls, you step into His time. Please don't see God through your spectacles of time. See through the lens of eternity and understand that God the Eternal One will step into time to bend time for you.

Jeremiah was fearful which made him timid. He didn't want to speak to people. He didn't want a front row seat to serve God. He wanted to remain the backbencher. God who calls empowers us to be bold and to serve Him fearlessly! From today say bye bye to fear. Serve God boldly and watch as He defends His word in your mouth. 

Lastly, God asked Jeremiah what do you see? Jeremiah stated the answer which God applauded and affirmed. Until you see that which God has placed in front of you correctly, you can't possess what God has planned for you. See the promises of God as they are and the promises of God will become realities.  See through God's lens and you can be sure that God will perform His word. God is waiting for you, will you respond to Him?

Memory Verse: Jeremiah 1:5

Decree:

Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.” (italics mine)




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