May 19
WE MAY SPEAK FOR GOD
"Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring
thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the
precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth" Jer. 15:19
Poor Jeremiah! Yet why do we say so? The weeping prophet was one of
the choicest servants of God, and honored by Him above many. He was
hated for speaking the truth. The word which was so sweet to him was
bitter to his hearers, yet he was accepted of his Lord. He was
commanded to abide in his faithfulness, and then the Lord would
continue to speak through him. He was to deal boldly and truthfully
with men, and perform the Lord's winnowing work upon the professors of
his day, and then the Lord gave him this word, "Thou shalt be as my
mouth."
What an honor! Should not every preacher, yea, every believer,
covet it? For God to speak by us, what a marvel! We shall speak sure,
pure truth; and we shall speak it with power. Our word shall not
return void; it shall be a blessing to those who receive it, and those
who refuse it shall do so at their peril. Our lips shall feed many. We
shall arouse the sleeping and call the dead to life.
O dear reader, pray that it may be so with all the sent servants of
our Lord.