Jeremiah
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โข What is the most fantastical career you wanted as a teenager?ย
โข Who is someone you look up to or see as a mentor?
โข Is there a deeper calling you feel like you have beyond a career? What would you say your calling is?
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐๐! ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โ ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ, โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉโ; ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.โย ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ฐโ๐ด
(Read also ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ตโ๐ญ๐ฌ.)
Jeremiah was called to speak the word of the Lord to the people in Judah at a time of war and exile. The pressure on him, both to speak and not to speak, was heavy (Jeremiah 20). However, it was the Lord who knew Jeremiah and appointed him as a ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ดโeven before Jeremiah was born.ย
Both expectations and resistance were heavy on Jeremiah. If he listened to anyone but God, he might have been discouraged from his calling. However, he listened only to his Creator and His plan and purpose for his life. What does Jeremiahโs experience tell us about Godโs involvement with the youth?
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐๐! ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โ ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ, โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉโโ . . .ย ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ฐโ๐ณ
Jeremiah was called by the Lord to speak for Him. However, Jeremiah worried about his capability to speak, because he was still young. The Lord responded that Jeremiahโs youth did not disqualify him or should not hinder him from speaking. After all, it was the Lord who had called Jeremiah and set a purpose for his life. Was there ever a time you felt like age or your life stage held you back from Godโs calling for your life? How did God empower you to fulfill His calling?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป.ย
โ. . . ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ. . . . ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต.โย ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ฌ
God does not only empower youth, He calls them to a mission beyond themselves. Jeremiah was called to go to those he was sent to and to speak whatever God commanded him to speak. As he walked with God, he lived out his part in Godโs plan and purpose even for the nation. He became a brave herald of Godโs truth, proclaiming boldly Godโs message to His people and encouraging them to turn back to Him. What do you believe is the mission God has called you to fulfill? How can you make Him known as you pursue Him and fulfill your purpose?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ:๐ดโ๐ต
Jeremiah knew that following Godโs calling would not be the easiest decision. He may even have been afraid of those who would question or discourage him. However, the Lord was with Jeremiah. He gave Jeremiah the words to say, and assured Jeremiah of His presence. When God calls us, He also gives us what we need to fulfill His mission. How have you experienced Godโs presence and equipping for the mission He called you to?
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โข God knows and appoints us to a calling even before birth. How does this affect how you see your own family background and childhood? How will it affect the way you see others, especially those younger than you?
โข How can you seek deeper insight and direction about your calling with the Lord? What is one thing you can do to move in step with the Lord today?
โข Following your calling may not always make sense to others. How can you help those around you understand Godโs calling in your life? How will you also help the next generation seek God and pursue His calling in their lives?
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โข Thank God for calling and empowering you to a greater purpose in life with Him.ย
โข Pray that God will deepen your understanding and insight into your calling as you walk with Him every day. Pray for His presence and peace to be with you as you continue to obey Him.
โข Pray for the next generation. Ask Him to bless them with courage, strength, and wisdom as they walk in His purpose and with His presence.