July 29 2018

Fire Shut up in my Bones

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

The Lord had placed His word within Jeremiah to speak to the people.
It was a word the people were not willing to receive and Jeremiah was treated poorly because of the message he brought forth.
Jeremiah, in his discouragement, decided he would not speak the word of the Lord any longer.
“But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones.” 
There was a pressure to the word of the Lord within him.
 “I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.” 
And the pressure of the word that needed to go forth required energy to “not release”.
Jeremiah was wearied by his decision to withhold the word of God and after a time he could no longer hold it back. 
The Lord has deposited His word within us generally but He has also deposited a specific word to release, within each one of us. 
When we choose to not release the specific word the Lord has given us to release in the world, that fire will burn within us and will weary us. 
Are you weary today? 
Is it because you are holding back a word that is to be released? 

“Open your mouth wide and I will fill it” Psalm 81:10.  
Open up your mouth, in faith, and the Lord will release the word that He has deposited within you. There is no benefit to fighting the fire of the word that burns within your heart and your very bones.  
“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 

The word the Lord has deposited will go forth regardless of your participation. 
Don’t allow your lack of participation to burn within you and weary you. 


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Posted July 29, 2018 by Laurie Hopkins in category "Uncategorized

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