Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a
boy."
Max Lucado wrote a cute-sounding, thought-provoking devotional about how much we mean
to God. It's called, "If God Had a Refrigerator."
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem; not to mention that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, friend. He's crazy about you.
(Jeremiah 1.6
NRSV)
Admit it: there are times when you think God just created you and then dropped you into this
cold and lonely world and left you here to fend for yourself. That was Jeremiah's first fear
when God called him to be a prophet. That's why he made excuses. He thought that God was
calling him to this harsh and difficult job under his own power. But Jeremiah was never meant
to perform under his own power. God promised him that he would be equipped with God's
power, with God's protection. He even gave him the very words to say. The job of prophet is
a lonely job. That's why God told Jeremiah from the very beginning that He would never leave
him alone.
Dear God, I'm crazy about you too. Amen.
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