“If I say, ‘I will not … speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire … shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
Jeremiah 20:9
In Luke 24:32, after Jesus shared Scripture on the way to Emmaus with the two friends and then broke bread with them, they said, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he … opened the Scriptures to us?” God’s Word causes “heartburn”!
This kind of heartburn empowers preaching. Jeremiah couldn’t hold it in. Paul wrote, “I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16)
Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was recruiting missionaries in Scotland. One wintry night he appealed to his listeners, “l have seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been.” And one young man—David Livingstone—heard the call of God. He married Moffat’s daughter, and the next year they sailed to Africa. For 33 years he ministered in the continent’s interior to villages where no missionary had ever been before, sharing the good news of forgiveness and salvation.
Does your heart burn with the wonder of the power in the Word of God? Respond to that burning by telling others of Jesus.
This kind of heartburn empowers preaching. Jeremiah couldn’t hold it in. Paul wrote, “I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16)
Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was recruiting missionaries in Scotland. One wintry night he appealed to his listeners, “l have seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been.” And one young man—David Livingstone—heard the call of God. He married Moffat’s daughter, and the next year they sailed to Africa. For 33 years he ministered in the continent’s interior to villages where no missionary had ever been before, sharing the good news of forgiveness and salvation.
Does your heart burn with the wonder of the power in the Word of God? Respond to that burning by telling others of Jesus.
Scripture Focus
Jeremiah 20:7-13
Insight
Lord, give me heartburn as I read Your Word today so I am compelled to share it with all whom I meet. Amen
Bible In A Year
- Job 17-18
- Psalm 51
- Luke 14
