The Word of God, spoken by
Jeremiah, still needs to be heard today - “O land, land, land! Listen to
the Word of the Lord!” (Jeremiah 22:29). God has much to say to this
land and every land. Are we listening to His Word? or Have we closed our
ears? Jeremiah speaks of our Saviour, Jesus Christ - “The days are
coming, declares the Lord, when I will grow a righteous Branch for
David” (Jeremiah 23:5). Like Jeremiah, we must direct attention to the
Saviour. Speaking God’s Word, Jeremiah said, “I am a God who is near. I
am also a God who is far away” (Jeremiah 23:23). We must maintain these
two emphases in our preaching. God is greater than we can imagine, yet
He has come near to us in Christ.
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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