God at Work
Jeremiah 1:4-19 records God's call of Jeremiah to be a prophet to the nations. Yet, what is amazing to me, is that it seems almost as if Jeremiah's call is God calling on Himself to accomplish the task. Notice God at work:
v. 5 - "I formed you" - "I knew you" - "I set you apart"
v. 7 - "I send you" - "I command you"
v. 8 - "I am with you" - "I will rescue you"
v. 9 - "I have put my words in your mouth"
v.10- "I appoint you"
v.12- "I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled"
v.14- "I am about to summon all the peoples"
v.16- "I will pronounce my judgments"
v.17- "say to them whatever I command you" - "or I will terrify you"
v.18- "I have made you a fortified city" - "I have made you an iron pillar" - "I have made you a bronze wall"
v.19- "I am with you" - "I will rescue you"
v. 5 - "I formed you" - "I knew you" - "I set you apart"
v. 7 - "I send you" - "I command you"
v. 8 - "I am with you" - "I will rescue you"
v. 9 - "I have put my words in your mouth"
v.10- "I appoint you"
v.12- "I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled"
v.14- "I am about to summon all the peoples"
v.16- "I will pronounce my judgments"
v.17- "say to them whatever I command you" - "or I will terrify you"
v.18- "I have made you a fortified city" - "I have made you an iron pillar" - "I have made you a bronze wall"
v.19- "I am with you" - "I will rescue you"
