WHAT SEEST THOU?

Jeremiah 1:11-12

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

Through Divine calling, purpose, dreams and Vision, God will directs a persons steps to a destiny of greatness both in this life and in the world to come.

What seest thou? God asked the prophet Jeremiah. God seemed pleased with the prophet’s response... God said to him “thou hast well seen”

What seest thou? I see a rod of an almond tree, thou hast well seen, for I will hasten my word to perform it.

In other words, that which you see.As long as it represents Gods will.As long as it’s what God has called you to declare.God says I will certainly bring it to pass.

He put it like this to prophet Isaiah “It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”

In verse 6 the prophet had protested saying “Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

In Jeremiahs own words we come face to face with the present day dilemma of leadership. A leader’s biggest stumbling block.

The bondage of infancy- let break this down with scripture “Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Galatians 4:1-3

1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

Spiritually the term “child” is associated with bondage..

under the elements of the world. Slaves to the- basic spiritual principles” of this world. So a person can be a CHILD even though they are grown up.

Exodus 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

In this passage it is obvious the Israelites are fulfilling the creation mandate.

Fruitful. Multiply. Replenish. Subdue. Have dominion.

The same Egypt that once was a place of Refuge for Jacobs children. After it had served its purpose became a place of bondage. When the persecution began the Israelites was so infant that they became slaves to basics.

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.

You see... The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

Immaturity will even restrict you from having access to your inheritance. Even if you believe you are fulfilling purpose.

What seest thou? God asked the prophet Jeremiah! What seest thou? God is asking you today...

All their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.That’s why you need a vision… A mental portrait of a preferred future..

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Pastor George H O Ogolla.