Thursday, July 21, 2016

Diminish not a word

"Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:" Jeremiah 26:2

A few notable points here:

1- specific instruction from the Lord
2- the Lord is speaking to His people through His prophet
3- the Lord is careful about His message

Diminish means to lessen or to take away from. All He gave Jeremiah to speak to His people was to be verbatim, nothing lost, nothing taken away nor made into a lite matter. "Diminish not a word"!

It's a serious thing when the Lord speaks both for the messenger as well as the receiver. The main message Jeremiah was to speak was the same message we are to carry today. REPENT and turn to the Lord!

As Jeremiah was facing possible death for heeding the Lord, I love his response to the rulers. "... do with me as seemeth good and meet to you. But know ye for certain if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof: FOR OF A TRUTH THE LORD HATH SENT ME unto you TO SPEAK ALL THESE WORDS in your ears." (vs 14-15)

Do we have the same obedient  boldness to speak as He leads? On the flip side, are our hearts humble enough to hear and receive His message?

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