Be Positive

BE POSITIVE
strength of God to not only believe what God has revealed in us,
but the courage to take action on what has been revealed.
The Struggle With God
It is difficult enough that Jeremiah had to deal with the transition
of his youth, yet this was not his greatest faith challenge.
Accepting and receiving his commission remained his greatest
challenge. The commission was to preach and prophesy far
beyond his years of experience. Jeremiah has a conversation
within his own spirit about the weight of what he is commissioned
to do. How often do we rehearse and replay the thing that God is
calling us to and contemplate how it all will be pieced together
not realizing that God has already pieced the entire process
together. Our faith is equipped to decipher what is a directive
from God and what is discussion with God. God is not accustomed
to having conversation about what He has already commissioned.
When He speaks, heaven and earth come to attention. His word
creates where there is void, transforms where there is emptiness
and enlightens where there is confusion. The internal
conversations that we have with our faith about the call and
purpose of God usually are ongoing. Jeremiah is not sharing his
hesitancy publicly but privately he is venting about the struggle he
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