For to you I have committed my
cause.
-Jeremiah 20:12
In the this chapter of Jeremiah we see the
Prophet right in the face of God.
Accusing God of assault over him, absolute control over his bodily functions,
and a man who is being humiliated for God’s message. But its verse 12 that stands out the most to me,
Jeremiah tells God he wants to see some action done on behalf of him for he has
committed his cause to God. He has
committed his life, if you will, to the service of God and therefore wants God
to act on the prophets behalf.
When I see this verse I see two things (1) a
prophet reaffirming his cause to God and (2) God saying the same thing to us
right now. Paul said we are the body of
Christ and with that we act as one body and that body (Romans 12:5 & II Corinthians 12:27), like any
other body, needs all of its parts functioning right to operate. When we want to reach out to the world we
need the whole body to be committed to reaching out. Just like an actual human body wants to reach
out it calls on the other parts to do its part so that the arms can in fact
reach out. It needs the brain to
communicate to the extremities to do certain functions. It needs the spinal cord to carry the
messages the body. It needs the feet to
plant themselves firm to offset the unbalancing act of the arms reaching out in
front. The human body must come together
in such a magnificent way just so the arms can reach out.
Like the human body the composed body of
Christians known as the body of Christ needs to act accordingly to reach out to
the world. But it’s not that easy; we as
the body of Christ have forgotten the basic message of love and acceptance that
Jesus taught and instead have come to adapted separation and division. In order for us to act as the body and begin reaching
out to the world we have to first fix the body.
Just like the prophet Jeremiah committed his
cause and life to God, God has done for each and every one of us (John
3:16). He is calling us as the body face
to face uttering the same words and asking us to fix ourselves, for remembers he
committed his son’s life to us for our salvation. (Isaiah 53:5)
I hope in our coming days we can indeed do fix
the body and start to show the world Christ in us.
God Bless
Adam, Editor
