Jeremiah 18:2 (NLT) — “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”
When you go to church on Sunday or attend any gathering where God’s Word is shared, why do you go? Is it because the pastor’s been encouraging everyone to come? Or maybe there’s a guest speaker? Do you go because your friends will be there, or because your spouse wants to go? Do you go out of habit—because that’s what Christians are supposed to do?
Those are questions worth asking. They help us avoid falling into spiritual routines without purpose. If we’re not careful, we can attend a church service, hear a great message, sing the songs, and walk out unchanged. However, Jeremiah 18:2 offers a different perspective. God told the prophet, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”
It’s a simple but powerful truth: God often calls us to specific places and moments so He can speak to our hearts. He could have spoken to Jeremiah anywhere, but He told him to go to the potter’s house—because that’s where the message would come alive.
When you walk into church and open your Bible as the pastor begins to preach His message, do you expect to hear from God? Because He still says to us, “Go there, and I will speak to you.”
Isaiah echoes the same truth: “Morning by morning He awakens me and opens my understanding to His will.” (Isaiah 50:4)
Every morning is another invitation from God: “Come meet with Me. I have something to say to you today.” That’s why I always bring a journal when I go to church or spend time with God. I do because I don’t want to miss what He’s saying. And sometimes, what He says may be simple—but when it’s from God, even the most straightforward truth becomes profound and life-changing!
In Isaiah 50:4, God also wants to give us a word that is not only for ourselves but for someone in the weary world around us. You are surrounded by weary people searching for answers to life, and their problems. They don't know God is near and has answers for them. When someone complains, I pull my verse from God that morning out of my pocket and show it to them. "I was reading my Bible this morning, and God spoke this to me through His Word. I think it's speaking to you, too!" Sometimes, if you can just give them a good thought from God, it works like bait on a hook—it draws them in and helps them want to hear more. Suddenly, in their eyes, you stand for something. You suddenly become someone who knows something about God that they don’t yet understand. And when they want more, they’ll know exactly who to come to.
That’s another reason I journal. Each day, I write down the verse or thought that God impressed on my heart, not only to meditate on it myself but so I don't forget it, and to have something ready to share.
Joshua taught that success in life comes when we “meditate on God’s Word day and night.” That’s how you do it—by writing it down, thinking about it, and carrying it into your day.
Our culture often uses the word “triggered” in a negative way—something bad happens, and it reminds us of past hurt or trauma. But what if we reclaimed that word for good? What if, instead of being triggered by pain, we let ourselves be triggered by God? That's what I expect when I go to church—to be triggered by God's Word speaking to me and it bringing insight, solutions, and faith to my problems.
Every day, I want to be triggered by His presence—stirred in my heart by His Word, awakened to what He’s showing me, nudged by the Holy Spirit to pray for someone, or convicted to change something in my life.
When God speaks, He doesn’t want us distracted. He wants our full attention. That’s why I often pause during a service—or even in my own quiet time—to ask, “Lord, what are You saying to me right now?” It’s in those moments—whether at the potter’s shop, in the pew, or at the kitchen table—that He begins His shaping work in us.
So next time you go to church, or open your Bible in the morning, go expecting to be triggered by God's word. Expect to hear from Him. Ask, “Lord, trigger my heart today. Speak something that will stay with me all day long.” Then listen. Write it down. Reflect on it throughout your day. That’s how transformation happens—not through routine, but through relationship. Through hearing Him speak to you through His Word. Because the God who spoke to Jeremiah, and who awakened Isaiah’s ear each morning, still whispers today: “Go there, and I will speak to you.”
Isaiah 50:4 (NLT) — “The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning, He wakens me and opens my understanding to His will.”
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