There
are times when I too think that I can’t make a difference; times
when I feel that I can’t accomplish the simplest of tasks. Yet
throughout my life I have seen God help me do things that I never
thought I could. And, in this I am not alone, for I remember how God
has helped many individuals- here is but one of them…
Jeremiah
1 ( World English
Bible )
Jer
1:1, The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who
were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jer 1:2, to whom the word of Yahweh* came in the days of Josiah the
son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jer 1:3, It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah,
king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son
of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive
in the fifth month.
Jer 1:4, Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Jer 1:5, ”Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you
came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a
prophet to the nations.”
Jer 1:6, Then I said, “Ah, Lord* Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know
how to speak; for I am a child.”
Jer 1:7, But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a
child;’ for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever
I shall command you, you shall speak. ( emphasis added )
Jer 1:8, Don’t be afraid because of them; for I am with you to
deliver you,” says Yahweh.
Jer 1:9, Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and
Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
I
may never do amazing things like Elijah, Samson or Paul, but if I
just share the word of God, then who knows? Someday day the smallest
thing that I might say or do just might split the hardest human heart
that could ever be. The Word of God is the most powerful force in all
the universe and can do things beyond our power to comprehend.
Believe
these things – for they are right and true.
One
last thing…
Jeremiah
23 (WEB)
Jer 23:29, Isn’t my word
like fire? says Yahweh; and
like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? ( emphasis added )