Prepare Yourself For Action

February 03, 2019

From today’s reading…

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;

before you came to birth I consecrated you;

I appointed you as prophet to the nations….

As for you, prepare yourself for action.

Stand up and tell them all I command you.

Have no fear of them and in their presence I will make you fearless.”

Jeremiah reminds us that we are not called to a  hunkered-down, sheltered existence where we build a “personal and private” relationship with the Lord.

You and I are called to confront evil and do battle with it always and everywhere.

They will fight against you but not prevail over you.”

Knowing that you have “a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land:”, you can confidently and effectively…

Stay the course.Keep the faith.Endure.