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Today's Devotion:
"GOD CAN if YOU WILL"
The young couple invited the pastor
over for Sunday dinner.
When the pastor arrived, the couple
were busy preparing the lunch,
and asked him to sit at the table
with their 5-year-old son, Tim.
The pastor sat down, and began
talking to the boy.
He asked how old he was, and
the boy replied, "I'm 5."
Then the pastor asked, "Tim, do
you know what we're having for
lunch?"
The boy said, "Goat."
The pastor asked, "Goat? Really,
how do you know?"
The boy said, "Well, I heard Mom
say this morning, 'May as well have
the old goat for dinner today as any
other day.'"
________SCRIPTURE________
Jeremiah 1:17-19
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins,
and arise, and speak unto them all
that I command thee: be not
dismayed at their faces, lest I
confound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee
this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and brasen walls against the
whole land, against the kings of
Judah, against the princes thereof,
against the priests thereof, and
against the people of the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee;
but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee, saith the
LORD, to deliver thee.
KJV
________THOUGHT___________
During the time when destructive
forces were coming to converge on
Jerusalem, God told Jeremiah that
he should be STEADFAST!
He was to "gird up his loins."
He was to prepare himself for
HARD WORK and spiritual battle.
God assured Jeremiah by saying
he would be like an "iron pillar"
as he prophesied against the kings
of Judah and their appointed
leaders.
God also assured Jeremiah that this
task to which he was assigned
would NOT be EASY! (see verse 19).
The political leaders of the day would
"fight against" him.
God promised His PRESENCE to
keep him alive until the end of the task.
My friends, THIS is what Christianity is
all about!
We have a DIRECT Word from God,
and a TRUE Word from God in the
Bible.
It is a "BATTLE," and we must
"gird up our loins," preparing
for HARD WORK!
For the majority, people (and particularly
most political leaders) will despise the
DIRECT and TRUE Word of God.
But SOME may repent and surrender!
The battle and hard work is worth
all the effort we can muster if only a
FEW will be saved!
Gird up your loins!
Arise and speak!
Love ya!
Bro. Bruce