trACker 595The e-Devotional helping to keep you on-track
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Dear God-tracker
GOD-TRACKING IS FILLING YOUR MOUTH WITH GOD’S WORD AND THEN WATCHING HOW HE FULFILS ITJeremiah 1:12Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”Yong
Jeremiah was stunned as he sat on a rock outside the gates of Anathoth,
his home town. He was of the tribe of Levi, which meant he would soon
be ordained a priest in the house of Israel. He’d gone for a walk and
sat down to think about his future when, all of a sudden the Word of God
came to him, “Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, before you were even conceived
or born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
“Ah, Lord God! How so? I’m still young and, anyway, I wouldn’t know what to say.”
But
God replied to Jeremiah and said that he need not worry about being too
young to become a prophet. He added that he would always be with him;
he had nothing to fear. Then the Lord touched his mouth and said, “See, I
have put my Words in your mouth.”
It was then that Jeremiah had
his first vision. He saw an almond tree branch, of all things. I could
imagine he was rather puzzled at this.
“What do you see,
Jeremiah?” asked the Lord. “I see… er… an almond branch, Lord,” he
replied. “You have seen correctly, young man. You see, I will be
watching over my Word to perform it in your life.”
Jeremiah
understood immediately why he’d seen an almond branch. It was clear to
him, a Hebrew speaker. When God used the Hebrew term for almond he would
have said, shaw-kade. And then when he said watching he would have used
the Hebrew word, shaw-kad. God was using a pun to instil confidence in
young Jeremiah that he would always fulfil the Word he had put in
Jeremiah’s mouth. So, every time the young prophet saw an almond tree
(which are prolific in Israel) or crunched an almond nut between his
teeth he would remember God’s promise that he was watching over his Word
in his mouth to perform it.
When I began preaching, many years
back, I felt a little like young Jerry. I had no confidence in myself
that I would ever deliver a sermon to a group of hungry believers with
any measure of success. However, the week before I was due to take my
first church service I was reading a leadership magazine. I don’t
remember what the article was about or who wrote it but, these words
jumped off the page right into my heart: “You may think you’ll run out
of words to speak every Sunday when you preach. But take courage, like
with Jeremiah, God will put his Word in your mouth and he will watch
over it to cause it to impact those who hear it.”
You may not
feel called to be a preacher but God has called you to share your faith.
We are all called to all the world through the Great Commission Jesus
gave us. Are you afraid of what you will say when the opportunity
arrives? Don’t be afraid, just pray. God will put his Word in your
mouth. And it’s not your job to convince anyone of the Gospel. The Holy
Spirit himself will watch over what you say to ensure it bears fruit in
the hearts of those who hear it. Jesus said, “For it is not you who
speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.”
God-tracking is filling your mouth with God’s Word and then watching how he fulfils it
Go for it!
Dudley
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Jeremiah 1:1-12
Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 10:19-20
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!I will boldly go where you send me and speak out the words you put in my mouthPray“Ah
Lord, I often feel inadequate to share your Word. I feel I’m too young
or not educated enough. But I realise now that you both create
opportunity for me to witness and put the words in my mouth when the
opportunity arrives. Thank you that you watch over your Word to perform
it. I believe you’re watching over every promise you’ve ever given me
and you’re watch over every word I speak, in your name. It’s not up to
me to action your Word; I believe that is the responsibility of the Holy
Spirit. So I will boldly go where you send me and speak out the words
you put in my mouth. Amen.”If you want prayer, please email me at dudley@godtracker.co.uk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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