I just gotta remind myself, Nick don't ever let the atmosphere of the age determine the level of zeal you will give to seeking, serving and sharing Jesus. Don't let it, don't let them do it. Let God work that out in me, Amen.
Learning how to live zealously (don't let the atmosphere of the age or society determine your level of zeal and passion)
Learning how not to be a terror to ourselves.
And we can't let⦠that's another thing I want to pull out. I can't let the level of zeal of the atmosphere of our day determine how zealous I will seek the Lord, how zealous I will serve the Lord and how zealous I will share the Lord. That is simply saying that if I'm not careful, if I look around me and I listened, and I'll watch people and I conform to them, I will have little to no zeal or passion for seeking the Lord, for serving Him or sharing His good news with people. And I can't let the atmosphere of our society determine the level of zeal by which I serve Jesus. That's got to be something that he stirs up within me.
This is what God said to the priest in that day. Verse four says, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies and your eyes shall see it. Wooo, I don't think all y'all heard that. He mocked Jeremiah one too many times. He mistreated God's prophet one too many times. And God says, I know you can't see it, but I'm fixing to show you something. I'm gonna make you a terror to yourself, you are going to be the most dangerous person on the planet to yourself. I'm gonna make you a terror to yourself. It's one thing to be terrified of others, it's another thing to
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