The Word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem," Thus sayeth the Lord, "I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them," declares the Lord (Jeremiah 2:1-3)
My reading for tonight's youth group had 22 chapters from all over the Old Testament! When I read these verses, I had to stop and process and think of my life! How much am I like this???
I feel called to proclaim the Words of God! I feel his calling in my life! I feel the need to persevere through hard times! I desire to follow full-hearted! BUT I feel like I have settled...
I had devotion in my youth! I jumped in a car and headed in the direction God called me. I went to lands I had never been. Security was not in wealth and possessions; it was in God's direction! My love for God's calling drove me to talk to people I wouldn't have, invested in people I would normally have looked the other way, it moved me in directions of unsafe and unknown territories, it gave me life and love. Where has my devotion gone? The love of God's calling to reach people? The call to make a difference and not to settle...
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