worthy words
Jeremiah 15:19 is like one of my theme verses. You know those verses or quotes that just seem to sum up what you want your life to be about like nothing else seems to be able to? That's what this verse is to me.
Therefore this is what the Lord says:
If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me;
If you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman.
Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
The only way to be a spokesman for God is to speak words that are worthy. Think about the words that you use everyday. Would they be considered worthy or worthless?
I have this thing about talking - I don't do a lot of it. In a social situation, I prefer to sit and listen to what other people are saying. Do you know what I hear? Not much. Most of the subjects of conversation I hear don't amount to much. There is talk about the weather, sports, road construction, politics, stories about this or that, TV shows. So much of the content of our conversation is about things that won't matter a month from now, much less years from now.
No wonder we have so much trouble hearing God in the world around us. Where are His spokesmen? We are so busy talking about things that won't live past the day, that there is hardly any room to talk about the things that really matter.
It's a reminder to me that if I want to make any kind of difference in my generation, I'd better make sure that the things that come out of my mouth are worth saying, things that not only I consider to be worthy, but things that ultimately God thinks are worth saying.
Therefore this is what the Lord says:
If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me;
If you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman.
Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
The only way to be a spokesman for God is to speak words that are worthy. Think about the words that you use everyday. Would they be considered worthy or worthless?
I have this thing about talking - I don't do a lot of it. In a social situation, I prefer to sit and listen to what other people are saying. Do you know what I hear? Not much. Most of the subjects of conversation I hear don't amount to much. There is talk about the weather, sports, road construction, politics, stories about this or that, TV shows. So much of the content of our conversation is about things that won't matter a month from now, much less years from now.
No wonder we have so much trouble hearing God in the world around us. Where are His spokesmen? We are so busy talking about things that won't live past the day, that there is hardly any room to talk about the things that really matter.
It's a reminder to me that if I want to make any kind of difference in my generation, I'd better make sure that the things that come out of my mouth are worth saying, things that not only I consider to be worthy, but things that ultimately God thinks are worth saying.
posted by Jeff at 9:54 AM
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