For I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. Jeremiah 1: 4-10

Jeremiah was reluctant to accept God’s call to preach using his age as an excuse. God ensures that He will be with him no matter the circumstances or excuses. God is calling Jeremiah to do what is necessary even though it will not be easy for he is asking him to pluck up, pull down, destroy, overthrow yet also to build and to plant.

We are often called upon or asked to do something out of our comfort zone. It may be a natural instinct to try to find “valid” reasons to not follow that call. It’s important to pray and discern what God is asking us to do. It doesn’t mean it will be easy just because we are listening, but God will be with us. Hopefully with the assurance that we will not be alone, we can go forth with purpose.

During the season of Advent, let us hope that the gift of the birth of Jesus is an ever-constant reminder that God is with us.

Dear God, allow me to go forward in faith and trust that you will be with me. Let me believe that I have the skills to follow Your will. Amen.

Written By: Janet Mortinsen, Director of Pastoral Care