A Burning Fire

Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,

Nor speak anymore in His name.”

But His word was in my heart like a burning fire

Shut up in my bones;

I was weary of holding it back,

And I could not.

Jeremiah 20:9

Jeremiah the prophet was persecuted for sharing the Word of the Lord.  

To preserve himself he made the decision to stop talking about the Lord and to stop delivering His word.  

BUT……..there is always a but.  

Jeremiah found that “His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bone; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.”  

2 things to note here:  

1) God’s word is not just to sit deep within us, it is meant to go forth.  It is like a burning fire shut up in our bones when we try to hold it back.  It shouldn’t remain shut up within us.

 2) Jeremiah was a prophet.  He was called to carry and give forth God’s word.  It is hard to move against the call of God on your life.

Do you have God’s word deposited deep within you?  

Are you moving it forth and sharing it with those around you by the way your live and the way you love?  

If not, it will become like a fire shut up in your bones.  

What kind of call has God placed on your life?  

Are you walking in that?  

If not, that too will cause discomfort within you because that call comes from a place of passion within you and when it is not fulfilled there is no why for the passion to be released. 

The Word and the passion of the call on your life deposited within you must be set free.  

Otherwise you will find yourself like Jeremiah: 

“But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my cones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.”