FAITH CAPSULE:The operation of His hand cannot be separated from that of His Word.
Jeremiah 1
When God calls you He will back you up. From the time of His calling to the time of answering to His call, the operation of His hand cannot be separated from His word. It is written in Isaiah 6:6-7, “Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said: ‘Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.’” Isaiah was touched before he could hear the word which sounded in his direction. As a result of the touch that came into Isaiah’s life, he became a flaming torch for the purpose of the Kingdom of God. The Book of Isaiah is referred to as the miniature Bible. Just like the Bible, his first thirty-nine chapters are compared to the first thirty-nine books of Old Testament while the last twenty-seven chapters are compared to the last twenty–seven books of the New Testament. The testimony of Isaiah testifies to the truth that the power to prevail and answer to the fulfillment of God’s calling is rooted in the touching hand and powered word of God.
By His touch, Jeremiah and Isaiah carried out great exploits to God’s glory.The hand of God is mighty and cannot be denied in any area of life. In the hand of God there is deliverance and there is preservation. The operation of His hand cannot be separated from that of His Word. When the Lord called Jeremiah, it was through the operation of His hand in combination with His Word. It is written, “Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: ‘Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.’” (Jeremiah 1:9-10)In the calling of Jeremiah, the hand of God went forth before the word sounded in Jeremiah’s direction. The word of God was there to be activated for Jeremiah to answer and live for the fulfillment of his calling. Without the touching of God, he would not have been able to see. The Lord put forth His hand to call his attention to what had been deposited in him. It was the touch of God’s hand in the life of Jeremiah that caused Jeremiah’s eyes to be opened up and see. Jeremiah truly saw that day and his life was never the same. Has the word of God located you but you are yet to get a touch to see and hear what the word is saying?
Prayer for today: Ask God for the mercy to know to see and hear when His word sound in your direction.