Daily Study: Day Two

God spoke to select men who accurately recorded His words and actions, as well as the history surrounding them.

Read Jeremiah 1:1-19: This is God’s call of Jeremiah to be His prophet. Jeremiah served God during the final years of the kingdom of Judah until it was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC.

Review the passage and answer the following questions:

• Jeremiah places his ministry within a very specific historical setting, in this case, the reigns of certain kings lasting from 626 BC to 586 BC. Why is this important?
• God says that He consecrated Jeremiah before he was born. What does this tell us about God’s plan to use people, their personalities, and their abilities in His service? What does that mean for you?
• Why are God’s words so powerful?
• Why is it important to God that His words be taken seriously?
• What is the connection God makes between what He is telling Jeremiah to say and what actually is going to happen in history?
• What does this tell you about God’s interest in the specific events of history, as well as His control over them?

We will look at God’s control of history in the section on God’s providence. For now, just remember that God chose certain men to accurately record what He was doing in history.

Pray that God would give you better understanding of what He has told us in the Bible.