"Forgiven and Appointed"

Follow with me on my journey through the Word today... (All scripture inserts are from the Amplified Bible.)

Let's begin in Micah 7:7-9, 15-20

• 7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
• 8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
• 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteous deliverance.
• 15 As in the days of your coming forth from the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.
• 16 The nations shall see [God's deliverance] and be ashamed of all their might [which cannot be compared to His]. They shall lay their hands upon their mouths in consternation; their ears shall be deaf.
• 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their strongholds and close places. They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God and shall be afraid and stand in awe because of You [O Lord].
• 18 Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness.
• 19 He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
• 20 You will show Your faithfulness and perform the sure promise to Jacob and loving-kindness and mercy to Abraham, as You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Wow, right? Now lets turn to Isaiah 6:5-8

• 5 Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!
• 6 Then flew one of the seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar;
• 7 And with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.
• 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Which brings me to Jeremiah 1:4-10, 12

• 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying,
• 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
• 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth.
• 7 But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
• 8 Be not afraid of them [their faces], for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
• 9 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 appointed you to the oversight of the nations and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
• 12 Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it.

Again.. Wow, right?? The LORD has not only forgiven our iniquities, but has covered us with His Mercy! The enemy CANNOT rejoice over us, because we WILL ARISE! Our sin has been forgiven, the LORD has placed it in the sea of forgetfulness. HE will bring us into the fullness of HIS light!

The flesh is always at enmity with the LORD - our carnal lips are unclean... but the LORD has purged them with a coal from the Brazen Altar, where we slaughter and sacrifice our will in the courts of the tabernacle. It is here that we are reconciled with our Manufacturer!! We have a marvelous word to do - and it will not be done unless we willingly say, Here am I, Lord, send me.

The LORD has placed HIS word in the mouths of HIS children - and He WATCHES OVER HIS WORD... TO PERFORM IT! Our LORD is incapable of lying! He simply cannot lie! His word is yea and amen! We CANNOT be afraid of the faces of this world. They are just to intimidate the work the LORD has destined for our lives. Isn't it amazing, that we can boldly, and with confidence, stand on the WORD of God and say - "GOD's GOT THIS!!"??!!

Take my heart, LORD, take my life as a living sacrifice. All my dreams, all my plans, I place them in your hands. Use me, Lord. Send me. Here am I. Use me for YOUR Glory.