"The Help" -BIG MOUTH

“Yes, because no one ever talks about it. No one talks about anything down here...” (pg. 123)

“God knows, the book business could use come rattling.”(pg. 125)

This week spend some time reading Jeremiah 1 and 36

What if when God spoke to you His calling for you right from the beginning He told you no one would listen to you or things were only going to get worse when you answered that calling? Would you still go? Would you still speak above all the noise?

In a crowded room with all the noise and the chaos of people speaking over another so they could be heard-would you find a way for your voice to be heard, especially when you knew the message was from God?

In the days of the prophets they at times were able to foretell what was going to happen in the future if the people did not turn back to God, but mostly they brought to light the reality of what was going on around nations who CHOSE to not acknowledge the consequences to their self-indulgent behavior.

On the other hand, the prophets were ordinary beings who CHOSE to talk about what no one else was talking about, they were rattling crowds and challenging them to step into being the men and women God was asking them to become.

Here’s the deal ladies...just like Jeremiah God may be telling us to speak up about something that needs to be talked about, no matter the cost. And as chapter 36 alludes to it is almost for certain there are going to be times when your calling, your cause, falls on deaf ears and it is rejected, the VERY WORDS that are from God.

So what are you going to do? Not talk about it? Or rattle some thinking? Jeremiah’s story is a good example of faithfulness and obedience even knowing when he was not going to be successful.

Watch this youtube video below. May it inspire us all to not go back to "ok" and to talk about what others are trying to silence or leave as white elephants in the room.

THE AFTERS-Never Going Back to OK (with lyrics)