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Hear God Speaking Through Everyday Life
Jeremiah 18: 1-6 (NIV)
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." 3 So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel?
I love this account of God sending Jeremiah somewhere very practical and that had to do with everyday life to teach him something of great significance. Because Jeremiah had open ears to God whenever and wherever, he was able to hear God speak to him from more than just religious scrolls, but also through everyday life things.
In this account we see that God wanted to communicate something very important to the prophet and He could have used a lot of words, and maybe a bit of thunder and lightning, but chose rather to speak through something that was very normal and common to daily life; a potter at work making and re-making pots.
Sometimes we are all guilty of boxing God up into our well-formatted prayer lives, when the truth is that God is not speaking to us for half an hour a day but throughout the day. The issue is not is God speaking champion, rather are we listening? Have we got ears to hear like Jeremiah did when God wants to say or communicate something to us using something from everyday life like a potter at work?
God is ever-speaking so let our hearts be ever-listening. Think about Jesus in the Gospels where we see that He communicated the deepest of things to His followers using everyday things to make His point, such as vines, mountains, sheep, and farmers to name a few. He used these everyday things to communicate divine truth to them.
We must also bear in mind that everything we hear must line up with the truth of the Word of God, but the reality is that God wants to speak to you today outside of your well-formatted devotional time slots and will use everyday things to help you understand deep revelation if you have ears to hear.
Be listening today for the ever-speaking God to say something to you. Maybe, as with Jeremiah, it will be through something very ‘everyday’.
Bless you Champion and have a great day
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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