Our Daily Scripture – 9/24/24 (Tuesday)

SCRIPTURE:  JEREMIAH 31

M,EMORY VERSE:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

WHAT GOD WILL DO TO RESTORE ISRAEL: (vs. 1-38)

  1.  I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel.  Again you will take up your tambourines and go out to dance with the joyful. (v. 4)
  2. You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit. (v. 5)
  3.  I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. (v. 8)
  4.  I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble. (v. 9)
  5.  I will gather Israel and will watch over his flock like a shepherd. (v. 10)
  6.  I will ransom Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they. (v. 11)
  7.  They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion and rejoice in the bounty of the Lord – the grain the new wine and the oil, the young of the flocks and herds. (v. 12)
  8.  I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. (v. 13)
  9.  I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with  my bounty. (v. 14)
  10.  I will return your children from the land of the enemy. (v. 17)
  11.  I will refresh the the weary and satisfy the faint. (v. 25)
  12.  I will  plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals. (v. 27)
  13.  I will watch over them to build and to plant, (v. 28)
  14.  I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel (v. 31)
  15.  I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts, I will be their God. (v. 33)
  16.  I will forgive their wickedness and will and remember their sins no more. (v. 34)
  17.  I will never reject all the descendants of Israel. (v. 37)

THOUGHTS;  

Despite of the sins committed by the Israelites, God still loved them as a Father and shepherd.  He comforted them and promised them with a new covenant.  All of us has also committed many kinds of sins.  But God reaches us with kindness motivated by His everlasting love.  God will forgive you if you turn back to Him.

God wrote the 10 commandments on the Tablets of Stone.  But it was broken by people.  So God replaced a new covenant with his laws engraved in the hearts of men.  The foundation of this new covenant is Christ.  Today. this covenant is here.  We have the wonderful opportunity to make a fresh start and establish a permanent personal relationship with God.