{"id":2475,"date":"2013-10-23T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2013-10-23T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T17:13:44","slug":"gloriously-inadequate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/gloriously-inadequate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloriously Inadequate"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was reading this morning in Jeremiah. The first part is the calling of the prophet and how he, sort of like Moses, says he can’t speak. Unlike Moses, though, Jeremiah claims that he is too young…just a youth. I love God’s response:<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not say, \u2018I am only a youth\u2019;
\nfor to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
\nand whatever I command you, you shall speak.
\n8\u00a0 Do not be afraid of them,
\nfor I am with you to deliver you,
\ndeclares the Lord.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nGod’s like, “Boy, don’t talk back to me. If I call you, I’ll cover you.” What’s even cooler is God’s, uh, “pre-sponse”. Before Jeremiah had even made his argument about being young, God had already laid the foundation for discrediting that response. God started the call with this:<\/p>\n