Compelled
Posted by Karah
What do you complain about the most? School? Your parents? Stress? Homework?
IN YOUR JOURNAL, rank the top five things you complain about most.
READ JEREMIAH 20:7-10 below. Underline all of the things Jeremiah complained about. Then, read verse 9 again in your Bible. Draw a box around it.
“You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the time; everyone ridicules me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, ‘Violence and destruction!’ because the word of the Lord has become for me constant disgrace and derision. If I say, ‘I won’t mention Him or speak any longer in His name,’ His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail. For I have heard the gossip of many people, ‘Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!’ Everyone I trusted watches for my fall. ‘Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.’” —Jeremiah 20:7–10
ASK YOURSELF:
Why did Jeremiah keep proclaiming God’s message if it caused him such distress?
When have you felt that fire in your heart and bones and known you had to speak up for God? What did you do?
THE POINT
There will be times when you, like Jeremiah, struggle to continue with the mission God has called you to. During those times, let His Word and His presence in your life compel you to continue.
- COMPEL: [verb]
force or oblige (someone) to do something
bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure
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