Jeremy

I have had a lot of time to think about Jeremy and his sudden death this weekend. (For those who do not know, I received a call at about 6:30 Sunday morning from his girlfriend that he had died in his sleep at 29 years old.) It is interesting to me that his name means "appointed by God" or "exalted by God." Now the death of someone is not final. There is something in a name that is important. We think names are casual or just a thought.

 

Appointed by God. People. God is in the people business. He appoints and never disappoints.

 

Jeremy's death is significant in the fact that it represents the death of an appointment. I meditated a lot on the fact that this would have been roughly the same age that Jesus would have begun His public ministry as well.

 

God has an appointment for you. A call. A destiny. Last night I watched a program in which the girl had a "call" or a destiny before her. She said she did not want a destiny but a life. So many look at the callings of the Lord and wimp out because they do not understand His eternal plan. I feel strongly that the Lord did not desire Jeremy to die at 29, in his sin. That was a minimum of 50 years short of what the Lord has laid out for man. Do you understand His eternal plan? Do you see your picture in the brochure for this "conference?" If you do not, you have not understood His eternal plan. Life is not a job, kids and church. Life is the plan of God laid out and encompassing those things in more. Letting your life be an example by the nature of His power working in you. You are on the brochure. You are a speaker in God's conference to the lost neighbors and co-workers.

 

Perhaps you feel your appointment has died. You have looked at prophetic words and said "well, I guess that isn't going to happen." I am going to challenge you today to remind God of your appointment. Whom God appoints is appointed. Speak the words of that prophecy over your family, your life, your workplace and your home. Remind the devil that you do not have time for him today because you have an appointment.

 

You have been appointed by the Lord.