Jeremiah 1:10
‘See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.’
‘See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.’
This verse marks the day God officially appoints Jeremiah as ‘prophet to the nations’, in accordance with his holy plans for Jeremiah’s life. God will give him the words and authority to reshape the world.
Reflection
What is the significance of this day in the light of God’s holy plans for your life?
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Drawing on historical Christian affirmations of hope, the most succinct line from early Christian communities is the one which ends the Nicene Creed: “We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.”
(Glenn Packiam, Worship and the World to Come, p. 85)