ORDAINED FOR GOD'S PURPOSE

WEDNESDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  ORDAINED FOR GOD’S PURPOSE.

MEMORIZE: “This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.”  Isaiah 43:21.

SCRIPTURE READING: Jeremiah 1:4-5.

“Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." 

EXPOSITION:

Jeremiah's early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business (Jer 1:4-5): The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah with a satisfying assurance to himself that it was the word of the Lord and not a delusion; and God told him, that he had ordained him a prophet to the nations, or against the nations, the nation of the Jews in the first place, who are now reckoned among the nations because they had learned their works and mingled with them in their idolatries, for otherwise they would not have been numbered with them, Numbers 23:9 sys “For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.”. Yet he was given to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighbouring nations, to whom he was to send yokes (Jer 27:2-3 "Thus says the LORD to me: 'Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, 3 'and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.”) and whom he must make to drink of the cup of the Lord's anger, Jer 25:17 “Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:”. He is still in his writings a prophet to the nations (to our nation among the rest), to tell them what the national judgments are which may be expected for national sins. It would be well for the nations would they take Jeremiah for their prophet and attend to the warnings he gives them. 

The word God sent you as His minister or believer, how are you doing it? Who are you afraid of? When you look at men by their face, you will not be able to deliver the message with courage. You need to look unto God for strength and courage to faithfully discharge the message and be fruitful in it. Those who fear men will not be able to stand before them (men) and God. The worst men can  do is to kill the body but have no power over the soul, therefore, fear God, who can kill the body and destroy the soul in hell fire. 

Therefore, if God chose to use you, never underrate yourself or what God can do through you. Instead, believe Him, release yourself to Him and trust Him. He has interest in you, obey Him, and He will make you a little savior on earth.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, help me to obey you and make me a little savior on earth in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Jeremiah 31 – 34.

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