JEREMIAH, chapter 1:1-5 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. The Prophet Is Called 4 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. We see that Jeremiah was a priest, that God intended him to be a prophet and that He had intended it prior to Jeremiah’s conception. There are a lot of implications to this first observation. How did we get to the point that we discard unborn human life? Isn’t it clear that God values it and fashions the unborn? Isn’t it clear that there is unrealized potential in the womb? We are now looking at the work and words of a man who lived thousands of years ago, something not imagined by Hilkiah and his wife as they laid down one romantic evening. If they knew their son’s life in advance, and not the plan of God in it, perhaps they have been tempted to play God in determining whether it would have been a quality life or not, whether it merited continuance. I think short-sightedness is one minor root in disregard of the value of the unborn. Was Jeremiah the only human being fashioned by God and called for a purpose prior to birth? God foretold the coming of a child that would change everything. Eve mistakenly thought it might have been Abel but it was Jesus Christ. Samson was foretold to his parents, sent as a deliverer for Israel, and he was, even through his wayward journey. John the baptizer was foretold as being called by God prior to his birth, even rejoicing at the presence of Jesus when both were prior to their birth (Luke 1). Saul, later to become Paul, was called by God from his mother’s womb, even though he lived years resisting that calling (Galatians 1:15,16). Is it such a leap in logic to believe that God has intentions for you? I do not know the point at which God’s intentions, our potential and our free will coincide but I do know this: Should you say yes to God and seek to follow His will, He will do more in and with you than you ever imagined. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday, I listed several needs in my circle of friends and acquaintances. Yesterday also revealed more details, with a diagnosis of MS in one woman and the decision to undergo prostate surgery in someone else (obviously), both in friends younger than am I. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is a link to something you may not have heard before, which is Fibonacci’s observation of the sequence in the design of nature- jesus-loves-you.org/fingerprint-of-god-the-fibonacci-sequence/?utm_source=FACE&utm_medium=JLY&utm_campaign=LINK
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:51:37 +0000
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