Fire In My Bones

perfect in all his ways, Jeremiah says has deceived him. That word deceive means, to mislead, to persuade oneself to believe something that is not true, to make someone believe what is false...

Jeremiah was saying that he was trying to be God’s spokesman, but this has won him only derision. He has answered God’s call, but now he is the laughing-stock. What do you do when you are trying to do the right thing, and people are making fun at you? What do you do when you are serving God the best you know how, and church folks tell you, you don’t

have to do all that? Do you please God, or do you try to please folks? Saints of God don’t let folks drive you crazy. It seems there are folks who have the gift of driving people crazy. They know how to use their gift. They are experts at using their gift.

Jeremiah God’s prophet had reached a stage in his life when he felt down. To him, he was deceived by God, and now he is the laughing stock of those around him. In verse 8 of our text, Jeremiah’s consistent message had been that God will punish the peoiple unless they repent. Guess what, the people have not repented, God has not punished them in the way

Jeremiah predicted, and so Jeremiah is made the laughing-stock by the people.

If you feel God has deceived you; if you feel you are the laughing-stock of those around

you, what would you do? Look what Jeremiah said in the first portion of verse 9, I will

not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name.. Jeremiah had stretched out his hand, but the people to whom he was sent refused; he had called, but they would not answer. Jeremiah had become weary, he was at the point of exhaustion, and it was at

this point in his life when he said he would speak no more in the Name of the Lord. God’s prophet decided he was going to be silent; he was going to keep quiet; he would not say anything about the Lord. God’s servant determnes to be silent, but silence brings no peace. When you have a testimony to share, and you try to keep quiet there will be no peace.

How can you be silent and not tell what God has done for you? How can you keep still when God has given you his word to proclaim. Can you see Jeremiah walking around and talking to himself, God has deceived me, the people are laughing at me, and I will not say anything about the Lord. Jeremiah had truth on the inside, and you can’t hold truth down,

no matter how hard you try.........elaborate...

Sometimes in the Christian life we become weary, and may reach the point of wanting to give up, but don’t you give up. Elijah had just experienced the power of God there on Mount Carmel. He had a great mountain top experinece, but shortly after he felt weary

and hopeless because Jezebel was planning to slay him. In 1 Kings 19 verse 4 we read these words, But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and

said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. God’s man was on the run, he had become weary, and wanted to die.......elaborate....