The Marines are looking for...
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The Marines are looking for a "few good men." The U.S. Army wants you "to be all you can be." The Air Force wants you to "fly high." All of these advertisements promise an exciting and indeed a rewarding future. They hold out the possibility of improving your life, educating you, and returning you to society a better woman or man. It is easy to understand why so many women and men answer the call.
Jehoiakim had been king for a little over three years when the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah and told him to write down in a book the punishments in store for the Israelites. Jeremiah, however, was called to do something no other prophet had been asked to do. "See, I have set you this day over nations ..." This points out a clear distinction between the work of Jeremiah as a prophet and that of many of his predecessors like Elijah and Elisha. Their predictions were concerned with Jews only. Those of Jeremiah on the other hand had to do with the nations, not a nation.
One can clearly understand Jeremiah's hesitancy in following God's call. There would be no pretty uniform, no money put away for his college education, no travel to exotic places, no health benefits. On the contrary his job was to answer a call to tell people what they did not want to hear. His call was to be radical and in some ways destructive in denouncing the sins of his people. But it was also an announcement of restoration and rebuilding through leading them to repentance.
Looking for heroes? Look no further. Jeremiah was a good man who became all that he could be and flew high in the kingdom of God.
--Clarke
Jehoiakim had been king for a little over three years when the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah and told him to write down in a book the punishments in store for the Israelites. Jeremiah, however, was called to do something no other prophet had been asked to do. "See, I have set you this day over nations ..." This points out a clear distinction between the work of Jeremiah as a prophet and that of many of his predecessors like Elijah and Elisha. Their predictions were concerned with Jews only. Those of Jeremiah on the other hand had to do with the nations, not a nation.
One can clearly understand Jeremiah's hesitancy in following God's call. There would be no pretty uniform, no money put away for his college education, no travel to exotic places, no health benefits. On the contrary his job was to answer a call to tell people what they did not want to hear. His call was to be radical and in some ways destructive in denouncing the sins of his people. But it was also an announcement of restoration and rebuilding through leading them to repentance.
Looking for heroes? Look no further. Jeremiah was a good man who became all that he could be and flew high in the kingdom of God.
--Clarke
