Every man of God’s great challenge is self-doubt. We wrestle with whether or not we’ve heard God properly and if we are leading in the right direction. No honest leader wants to misrepresent God. And we’re human. But God uses humans. He has made us in His image and calls us to rule over this world and the next with Him. He has made us like He is so we can join Him in what He does. That’s His way.

How do you lead people in faith when everything seems to be going in the opposite direction? When all the odds are against you? When others are distracting and contradicting the things you believe God wants to say? When it doesn’t seem to be working, although you feel that you are honestly following what God has told you to do?

A Lonely Shepherd

The book of Jeremiah is a record of the leadership of such a shepherd. God called him to be a prophet in a dark season in Israel’s history. His strong, prophetic words finally led him to be thrown into prison.

But all of his words from God came true. And people realized, after the judgment, that God had been speaking through Jeremiah. His faithfulness vindicated God.

Wrestling with Faith

Jeremiah, though, had moments of doubt where he questioned what God was doing. Chapters 14-15 record such a moment. And in the middle of Jeremiah’s questions and fears, God comes with a strong reminder of what Jeremiah’s posture should be. Here it is in the Amplified and New Living translations.

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