Jeremiah 1:12 (NASBStr)
Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”
What a blessed thought God reveals to his messenger, Jeremiah. Jeremiah is called to be the orator who will deliver very bad information to the nation of Israel. He will be asked to say some things and illustrate those things in some difficult and maybe even confusing manners. He might be tempted, in the future, to shy away from the message he is given. He might worry that the rebellious audience/congregation he is sent to preach to might reject him, or worse, the message. He might think he is more important than the message (many in the pulpit today are like that). He might, like today's church ministries, think that the message is validated by the delivery rather than the Deliver above. But, here, in just 14 English words, God says more than enough to keep any messenger of God on the right course. God is watching over His word and it will perform what He sends it to do. Today we might buy a product that will do something for awhile, but all things man made eventually die off. God makes sure His word has life and it continues to do what He wants it to do. The delivered word (delivered in many and all methods) will not come back void. Don't doubt the power of God's Word, even if it is delivered in unusual ways or less bight lights. God makes sure His word will perform. Bank on it.
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