A few days ago I read Jeremiah 47. Overall it’s a short prophecy against Philistia – nothing really exciting or what you might consider applicable to me in South Bend.<\/p>\n
However, a theme from the last two verses (6-7; told you it was short) have stuck with me for these past few days. gaminator 777 ingyen nyer\u0151g\u00e9pek kaszin\u00f3 j\u00e1t\u00e9kok<\/a> Look:<\/p>\n Now, O sword of the LORD, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still. nyer\u0151g\u00e9pes j\u00e1t\u00e9kok kock\u00e1s<\/a> <\/span>But how can it be still when the LORD has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed. gy\u00fcm\u00f6lcs\u00f6s nyer\u0151g\u00e9pes j\u00e1t\u00e9kok let\u00f6lt\u00e9se ingyen<\/a> Jeremiah 47:6-7 (NLT)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Do you see it? The response to the request to rest was, “How can it be still when the LORD has sent it on a mission?” That’s powerful!!! When God gives us a mission to do, how can we just sit back and rest before it is complete?<\/p>\n It reminds me of Nehemiah, when he was building the Jerusalem wall. (This is one of my two favorite parts of Nehemiah.) When his attackers asked him to come to a conference, Nehemiah said, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down” (6:3).<\/p>\n I love that line! “God has given me a mission, and I’m not going to stop until it’s done.”<\/p>\n This is not to say that we should never rest. God commanded us to Sabbath (Hebrew: shabbat<\/em>, “rest”). But He also commanded us to “make disciples of all the nations…in Jerusalem [local], and in all Judea and Samaria [national and cross-cultural], and even to the remotest part of the earth [international]” (Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8).<\/p>\n We all have a mission from God. My immediate mission is to “equip the saints for the work of ministry, to the building up of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12). This is done primarily through Oak Tree Community Church<\/a>, Hope Rescue Mission<\/a> of South Bend, this blog, and anything I write for teaching (books, papers, pamphlets, internet chats, etc.).<\/p>\n How can I be still when the LORD has sent me on a mission?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A few days ago I read Jeremiah 47. Overall it’s a short prophecy against Philistia – nothing really exciting or what you might consider applicable to me in South Bend. 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