SAY NOT, I AM A CHILD by A. Weeks

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 15, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 15.

SAY NOT, I AM A CHILD.

By A. Weeks

WHEN the Lord placed upon Jeremiah the sacred, responsible work of reproving, admonishing, and instructing his people, Jeremiah said, “Ah, Lord God! behold, I can not speak; for I am a child.”

This would seem to be only a consistent sense of his insufficiency for the great work, that leads him to draw back, yet the Lord says to him, “Say not, I am a child.” Why not?—There is something more than Jeremiah’s natural powers to be taken into consideration. “Whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put words in thy mouth.” Jer. 1:6-9.

When the Lord works for us and with us, there is no excuse for drawing back. Human frailty is not to do the work. God in his wisdom and might is sufficient for any work. Then it is only for us to let his power work, submitting to him in all things, and his purpose will be fulfilled in us. A. WEEKS.

Lake View, Mich.