“BEFORE I FORMED YOU!”

Jeremiah 1:4-7                                    (ESV)

“4 Now the WORD of the LORD came to me, saying,

5 "BEFORE I FORMED YOU” in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." 

6 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.”

It seems that even people who are known as “scientists” disagree with almost EVERYTHING!  I see the following on one social media post, “Scientists Confirm:  An unborn baby is a human being from the moment of conception”, and then shortly thereafter see “Why Science Can't Say When a Baby's Life Begins”???  If we are seeking wisdom, why do we look to other humans when we have access to OUR CREATOR??

Proverbs 2:6 says “For the LORD gives WISDOM; from HIS mouth come knowledge and understanding;”.  James 1:5 says “If any of you lacks WISDOM, let him ask GOD, WHO gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”  We cannot simply ask though, we must ask in FAITH that HE is GOD and wants to REVEAL HIMSELF to us.  James 1:6 immediately follows verse 5 saying “But LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind!”  “WHO” we are praying to must be OUR CREATOR, not anyone or anything else!  

The WISDOM in question is “When does LIFE  begin”???  Does it start when a new heart begins to beat?  Does it start when the first breath is taken?  The same LORD WHO gives WISDOM said to Jeremiah verse 5 above “”BEFORE I FORMED YOU” in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."  GOD not only was involved in FORMING (putting us together) us, HE has a PLAN for each one of us!  Now we can wander, or stray, or do what WE THINK is best, but if we are CHOSEN by GOD we will submit to HIS CALLING, either voluntarily, or otherwise!

Moses ran for forty years.  The Apostle Paul was having Believers persecuted (some even killed) before he was made to stop.  Myself, I was doing what I THOUGHT was best, only to have my EYES OPENED TO SEE that my ways were NOT HIS ways!  “BEFORE I FORMED YOU” I was planning your future, says ALMIGHTY GOD.  So the “popular WISDOM” of “this world” cannot get us in out of the rain, but TRUSTING HIS PLAN, that HE knew “BEFORE I FORMED YOU” in the womb will reveal HIS PURPOSE in our life!!!