God basically tells Jeremiah: “Put on some underwear, now go bury that underwear by a river.” Then after many days he tells Jeremiah: “Go dig up that dirty rotting underwear… look at it!”

Many times I have refused to do what God wants me to do because it seems ludicrous to me. The tension remains, however, to distinguish between God’s guidance and my own guidance (or worse). The guidance seeming ludicrous is apparently not a disqualifying factor.