Urgent!

     You know a few days ago I read a quote from D.L. moody. Now I'm about to paraphrase because I can't find it right now, but the quote was along the lines of "What business does a messenger of God have changing the message?" The question has been on my mind lately. This morning as I'm just spending time in God's word reading Jeremiah, God spoke to me.
     God was sending Jeremiah to stand in the court of His, the LORD'S, house and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship there. But God said something to Jeremiah that really just jumped out at me.

Jeremiah 26:2

"Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the LORD's house and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the LORD ALL THE WORDS THAT I COMMAND YOU TO SPEAK TO THEM; DO NOT HOLD BACK A WORD.

     All the words that I command you to speak to them do not hold back a word. This was a time when prophets were saying that God was saying things He wasn't saying. This was in a time when prophets were tickling peoples ears with lies, and God was sending Jeremiah a true servant of the Lord into a danger zone. These people had accepted all the lies and were headed to disaster. Not only had they accepted the lies, but they grew comfortable with them. God was sending Jeremiah with TRUTH something that was about to flip their worlds upside down. 

    God continues on to say in verse 3 

"It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil deeds."

and then in verses 4-5

"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets WHOM I SEND TO YOU URGENTLY, though you have no listened

now I stop there because what's in bold are the things that jumped out to me most

not the parts about the people in sin, but the parts about those who are on mission with God

     We are on mission with God, and it is an urgent mission. He has given us His word and we are to proclaim His word in all the earth. The chain breaking, life giving gospel has been given to us, and this world is in a state of emergency. We as His children, as His people, as His servants must not hold back a word from the rest of the world. IT MAY BE THEY WILL LISTEN, AND TURN FROM EVIL AND WALK IN THE LIGHT OF SALVATION, AND JOIN US IN MISSION WITH GOD, AND JOIN US IN ETERNITY WITH HIM!

The message of the gospel!

It's Good news,

but it is also URGENT