Set apart

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
Here we read God’s calling of Jeremiah when he was still a young man, to be His prophet. Several times in the Bible we read of God calling young people to service – David, Joseph, Timothy, etc. God is not fussy about who He uses. Age makes no difference – it is the heart of the person; it is not age that imparts wisdom, but the Spirit of God (Job 32:7-8).
We too have been chosen before we were born – in fact, before the world was even created! (Eph. 1:4). God had a plan for us well in advance, and when the time is right and when we are in line with Him, He will bring it to pass. Like Jeremiah, we have been chosen to be set apart. This is the meaning of the word ‘holy’ – to be set apart, separated for a special purpose. We are no longer a cog in the machinery of a nation’s economy. We are a building block in the house of God. We are a part of the body of Christ. God knew where you would fit, before He formed you in your mother’s womb. Even if we don’t know the future – and we don’t – God knows. He knows, because He is the one who has created it for us.