Jeremiah 1:7 - part 2

But the LORD said to me: "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' For you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak."
Jeremiah 1:7

God didn't seem to pay much time listening to Jeremiah's excuse. Jeremiah says 'I'm too young to speak Your words to the nations" and God said 'Don't give me an excuse." Sometimes God must be impatient with us. He can see the positive result for us of our obeying Him and accepting the challenge He gives us to do a 'great' thing for Him. We whine and moan, 'I can't do that, I'm scared, its too hard, somebody will get mad at me, I'm not smart enough, somebody else can do it better, I can't speak, I don't know what I'm doing, there are too many things that won't let me do that." On and on we go, thinking up every excuse to give ourselves a reason why we can't do whatever it is that God wants us to do. The only thing that can keep us from doing what God wants us to do, is us choosing not to do it. Are there any examples of God giving someone a mission that they could not complete with the tools He also gives them? I think that's why God didn't validate Jeremiah's excuse by discussing it with him. Jeremiah thinks being too young is a reason to not be a prophet. God says, "being too young is not a valid reason for refusing My calling, let's move on." God gives Jeremiah the promise of the results of Jeremiah's acceptance of the mission. "You will go to all to whom I send you." God promises Jeremiah that Jeremiah will go to all to whom he sends him. God doesn't promise anyone will listen to Jeremiah. He doesn't promise Jeremiah that Jeremiah will see any positive results. He just promises that Jeremiah will do it if Jeremiah accepts the words of God. Now Jeremiah has to choose. Continue to make excuses, or believe God when He says that Jeremiah can, will, fulfill the mission God has for him to be a prophet to the nations. The choice is there before Jeremiah, and Jeremiah drops the excuse. Jeremiah stood with God. Jeremiah accepts the mission.

Lord,
Help me today to not look for reasons to fail You, but to accept Your strength and power to accept the mission You give me.