先知是由神呼召的，而选召先知必定由神采取主动；作先知并不是每一个人都可以担当的事奉，只有假先知才敢胆自作主张作先知的。
真正的先知事奉是从神的呼召开始的。以赛亚的呼召相当戏剧性（以赛亚书6）；他需要这样的呼召，来支撑他去面对困难和令人气馁的事奉。耶利米的呼召，来自神在他年轻时向他所说的一句特别的话；耶和华对他说：“我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你；你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣；我已派你作列国的先知。”
藉着耶稣所成就的工作，我们已经被膏，所以，神对耶利米所说的这番话，也同样可应用在我们身上。神不但在我们未出母胎前已分别我们为圣，耶稣更吩咐我们向万民传讲祂的好消息（马太福音 28:19-20）。
神知道祂准备差派你到什么地方。当你寻求神和亲近祂时，衪便会呼召你；如果你正在寻找你的呼召，你便应多用时间读神的话和敬拜衪，切勿错失神与你同在的机会。你若祈求主的带领和引导，圣灵便必然会引领你找到你的呼召的了。
你听到主的呼召吗？你有没有履行作先知的呼召、与世人分享基督的福音呢？
感谢圣父、圣子、和圣灵呼召我。惟愿我能顺服你和履行我作先知的呼召，叫你得荣耀。阿们。
耶利米书 1:4-10
4 耶利米说：耶和华的话临到我说：
5 “我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你；你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣。我已派你做列国的先知。”
6 我就说：“主耶和华啊！我不知怎样说，因为我是年幼的。”
7 耶和华对我说：“你不要说‘我是年幼的’，因为我差遣你到谁那里去，你都要去，我吩咐你说什么话，你都要说。
8 你不要惧怕他们，因为我与你同在，要拯救你。”这是耶和华说的。
9 于是耶和华伸手按我的口，对我说：“我已将当说的话传给你。
10 看哪，我今日立你在列邦列国之上，为要施行拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆，又要建立、栽植。”
"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
A prophet is called by God. The initiative in making a prophet always rests with God. Being a prophet is not a ministry that anyone can take up. Only false prophets dare to take this up for themselves.
A true prophetic ministry begins with a call from God. Isaiah had a dramatic call (Isaiah 6); he needed this to sustain him through a difficult, disappointing ministry. Jeremiah’s call came in a specific word from God when he was young. The Lord said to him, “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.”
Because of our anointing through the finished work of Jesus, these words to Jeremiah are true of us too. Not only did God set us apart before we were born, but Jesus also tells us to bring his good news to all nations (Matthew 28:19-20).
God knows where he wants you. When you seek God and draw near to him, his calling will find you. If you are looking for your calling, spend time in God’s Word and in worship. Don’t rob yourself of God’s presence. Ask the Lord for his guidance and direction, and you will find your Spirit-led calling.
Have you heard the Lord’s call? Are you fulfilling that call to be his prophet, sharing Christ with others in this world?
Thank you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for giving me a calling. May I obey you and fulfill my calling as a prophet, to your glory. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
