Jeremiah I
“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.” (Jeremiah 1:5 ESV)
Knowledge and Time
I claim to be familiar with many things. I know my guitar. I know my car. I know my computer keyboard. I know my socks.
Those things are set apart in my life… I care for them and maintain them.
Those things have a purpose in my life… I have a use for them.
But they are just things. And I am often wrong about them. And I expect they will decay, fall apart, and fail.
God knows His people better.
He knew Jeremiah before Jeremiah was even a twinkle in his parents’ eyes. God set Jeremiah apart before Jeremiah was born into the world. God knew the exact job He wanted for Jeremiah all along… REALLY all along.
And God has that same knowledge about ALL of His people. I do not understand how God keeps all of those life-threads in place. It boggles my mind to grasp how God knows His people that well, for that long, without fail.
But He does.
I claim to be familiar with a few inanimate objects… to know them, to set them apart, and to have a job for them.
Rejoice that God knows His people even better.