Grace for your spirit
But if I say, "I will not remember Him, or speak anymore in His name," then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire, shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, and I cannot endure it. Jeremiah 20:9Jeremiah had an awful preaching job. He had a mission to save Judah and Jerusalem, but his people really didn't want to hear his message. In fact, they didn't like him very much either. He was a laughingstock, he was mocked, and reproached by his own people all the time. His life would have been a lot more fun if he just didn't care anymore. If he would have just "watered down" his messages, life would have been easier. He couldn't do it. The message of God, the condition of his people, and the impending disaster, burned in his bones. He could not hold it in. Silence was far worse than the persecution of ministry. The apostles mirrored that life under their persecution, when they said they could not help but preach and teach His Word. How about us? What is the fire that burns us? The fire without that keeps us from teaching, or the fire within that moves us to ministry?
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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