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Are You Feeling Insecure? (3)
'The Lord...said to me, Now, I have put my words in your mouth.' Jeremiah 1:9 NIV
The people God calls usually start out feeling ill-equipped and insecure. Indeed, if you jumped up and said, 'No problem, Lord, I can handle that,' He wouldn't call you at all.
You say, 'But I've made so many mistakes.' Everybody falls; the winners are just the ones who get back up again. 'The Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.' (Psalm 37:23-24 NIV)
When Jeremiah told God that he had neither the competence nor confidence needed to do the job, God said to him what He says to us:
(1) You are not going in your own authority. '...You must go to everyone I send you to...' (Jeremiah 1:7 NIV) Who's sending you, sponsoring you and sustaining you? God! What more do you need?
(2) The message is not yours. 'You must...say whatever I command you.' (Jeremiah 1:7 NIV) Don't agonise, compromise, rationalise or apologise. Just say what God told you to say and He will do the rest: '...For I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled!' (Jeremiah 1:12 NIV)
(3) When God touches you, you're qualified. 'Then the Lord reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put My words in your mouth."' (Jeremiah 1:9 NIV)
Be yourself; you can't be anybody else! You're not who others say you are; you're who God says you are! So you can do what God says you can do. Just get in agreement with Him.
written by Bob Gass
'The Lord...said to me, Now, I have put my words in your mouth.' Jeremiah 1:9 NIV
The people God calls usually start out feeling ill-equipped and insecure. Indeed, if you jumped up and said, 'No problem, Lord, I can handle that,' He wouldn't call you at all.
You say, 'But I've made so many mistakes.' Everybody falls; the winners are just the ones who get back up again. 'The Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.' (Psalm 37:23-24 NIV)
When Jeremiah told God that he had neither the competence nor confidence needed to do the job, God said to him what He says to us:
(1) You are not going in your own authority. '...You must go to everyone I send you to...' (Jeremiah 1:7 NIV) Who's sending you, sponsoring you and sustaining you? God! What more do you need?
(2) The message is not yours. 'You must...say whatever I command you.' (Jeremiah 1:7 NIV) Don't agonise, compromise, rationalise or apologise. Just say what God told you to say and He will do the rest: '...For I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled!' (Jeremiah 1:12 NIV)
(3) When God touches you, you're qualified. 'Then the Lord reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put My words in your mouth."' (Jeremiah 1:9 NIV)
Be yourself; you can't be anybody else! You're not who others say you are; you're who God says you are! So you can do what God says you can do. Just get in agreement with Him.
written by Bob Gass
