August 24

Jeremiah 23, 33, 31

Jeremiah Sees Spiritual Restoration Under the Messiah

In these chapters, Jeremiah paints a picture of Israel's coming Messiah. He will gather together and unite all of Israel. He will bring them back to their land and they will no longer have reason to fear. He will be a descedant of king David and will always do what is good and righteous. We know this Messiah to be Jesus, who saved all of mankind from their sins.

My favorite part of today's reading is Jeremiah 31:35-37
This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar - the Lord Almighty is his name: "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the Lord, "will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me."
This is what the Lord says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done," declares the Lord.

It is so encouraging to read a passage like this. Think about how impossible it would be to measure the heavens or to know the secrets within the foundations of the earth. That is exactly how impossible it would be for God to reject the people He loves! We also see this in Romans 8, where Paul writes that nothing can separate us from the love of God. It's wonderful to know that no matter how badly we may mess up and disobey God, there is nothing that will cause Him to stop loving us.