you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
…So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.But if I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Report him! Let’s report him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
Jeremiah 20:7-10 (NIV)
This is for times when I feel (maybe you feel it too) that you didn’t quite begin serving God with all the information… It’s cold comfort, but it puts us in good company. And it isn’t something one walks away from, or keeps quiet about. Indeed, I cannot.
So where will it lead? Will anyone be with me when I get there?
I put this Scripture here as a reminder of how vital it is for me and you to CHOOSE faith everyday. In a sense, as Jeremiah says, there might be days where you’d like to be rid of it, but cannot.
If you read more of Jeremiah 20, you’ll see he moves into hope. ‘Course it ends with:
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?”
I know what that roller-coaster is like, believe me. Here’s where it leaves me…
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:67-68
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:67-68
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