God gave Jeremiah hard truths to proclaim, and Jeremiah said:
“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 anymore 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.” Jeremiah 20:8-9
Do you ever feel this "fire"?
When someone insists there are many ways to God, do you feel compelled to explain that the only way of salvation is through Jesus (1 John 5:10-12)?
When someone insists there are no rules for sexual intimacy, do you feel compelled to explain that God created sex exclusively for the marriage union of a man and a woman, and all other lifestyles cause damage to our souls (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)?
When someone claims Jesus never addressed people's sins, do you feel compelled to correct their error? (Matthew 4:17; John 7:7).
Doing these things won't make us popular (John 15:18-19). But we cannot keep quiet as so many walk to their deaths. We must share the good news of Christ.
Jeremiah said that God’s word was in his heart “like a fire” that he could not hold inside. Can we say the same?
I pray that I will always be more concerned about the Lord's reputation than my own.
For more on Jeremiah, see Choosing the Ancient Paths and Have We Forgotten How to Blush?
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Amen!!!
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