We Are Special To God

Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5          

”Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Now, this is obviously a specific word from God to Jeremiah; that’s what verse four says, “Now, the Word of the Lord came to me saying.” But listen to the relationship that God describes in His word with a person, Jeremiah, before he was even formed in the womb.

Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I consecrated you. And we know this from other places in the Bible, how God talks about from before creation, predestining people to be conformed to the image of His Son.

You were formed in the womb. God knew you before you were born. That He purposed to save you, to set you apart in a consecrating kind of way, and to know that, right now, in the wombs of mothers all over the United States and all over the world, no He is forming children in the womb. He knows them, and He has purposes for them.

It is true of all those who are a part of the kingdom of God. We are each called and equipped to serve. None of us are bench warmers. We all have a role to play in the work of the kingdom. A role that the one who knows us best has given to us.

This is the preparation of God. The remarkable thing is that this preparation began long before Jeremiah was even conceived. In other words, God said, “I started getting you ready, and the world ready for you, long before you were born. I worked through your father and your mother, your grandfathers and grandmothers, your great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers.

For generations back I have been preparing you. What a remarkable revelation to this young man, that through the generations of the past God had begun to work.

When people face a crisis, they always start looking for a program, some method with which to attack the crisis. When God sets out to solve a crisis, He almost always starts with a baby. All the babies God sends into the world, who look so innocent and so helpless and so useless at their birth, have enormous potential.

There is nothing very impressive in appearance about a baby, but that is God's way of changing the world. That is what God said to Jeremiah: “I've been working before you were born to prepare you to be a prophet, working through your father and your mother, and those who were before them.”

Jeremiah may have been divinely chosen and empowered by God for his prophetic ministry, but he was a man who was humanly hesitant and reluctant to take up this God ordained role. He was also a man who had to endure much hardship during his ministry because of his God ordained position.

Although he was a man who had to experience much hardship, loneliness, pain, and rejection, and became known as 'the weeping prophet', Jeremiah was a man who was greatly used by the Lord in the furtherance of God's redemptive plan throughout his ministry and enjoyed much intimate fellowship with the Lord he served.

Just as God had a call on Jeremiah's life, He has a call on the life of all who trust in Christ by faith, and God can use anyone in the furtherance of his redemptive plan if we are willing to submit to Him and be used by Him!!!

Father, thank You for the reminder in Jeremiah that You formed each one of us in the womb and that You have scheduled every day of our lives. Thank You for the example of Jeremiah the prophet, who was willing to suffer hardship, loneliness, pain, and rejection, for the furtherance of Your will, and who penned portions of Holy Scripture for our learning. We pray that from this day forward, our lives may be consecrated to You. Use us to fulfil Your will today, for Your greater praise and glory. Be a blessing. Love ya.

Father, we love You. Amen