The Burning Coal

When God's word burns like fire, obedience comes at a cost.

Jeremiah was young, hesitant, and overwhelmed when God first called him. Yet visions of an almond branch and a boiling pot revealed that God was watching over His word and bringing judgment upon a nation that would not listen. Then came the fire: the Word of the Lord seared Jeremiah's lips like a burning coal, marking him as prophet to a people who would resist him at every turn.

In The Burning Coal: Jeremiah's Call and the Word of the Lord, author Thane Elwood invites you into Jeremiah's trembling yet courageous encounter with God's call. Through Scripture and devotional reflection, this book explores:

• God's sovereignty in raising prophets for hard times.

• The meaning of Jeremiah's early visions of warning and hope.

• The cost of obedience when truth is unpopular.

• The purifying fire of God's Word that still burns in believers today.

This is not only Jeremiah's story - it is a call to every follower of Christ. In a world that resists God's truth, His Word still burns like fire in our bones, purifying us and compelling us to speak.

Whether read devotionally or in Bible study, this book will stir fresh courage to carry God's Word, even when obedience costs everything.

✨ Part of the series Visions of the Holy - exploring eight transformative encounters with God in Scripture.