Thursday March 19th, 2015 Jeremiah 31:31-34
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (verse 33)
I wonder how many times in the Bible God had tried to renew a covenant with God’s people. How many times would you try again with someone who had betrayed, neglected, hurt, or forgotten you?
“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
We hear the word covenant a lot in our worship services. It is mentioned in the baptismal service, we hear it in the communion liturgy.
This is God wanting a real relationship with people, God’s desire to be the one to whom the people belong. Imagine, if God’s law is on our hearts, within us, perhaps we can learn better to live by its spirit and not by its letter. God is trying a different approach in this new covenant, a law of love we carry inside of us.
Gracious God, help us in our daily lives to be your people. Amen. — TT
Contributed by New Covenant
I wonder how many times in the Bible God had tried to renew a covenant with God's people. How many times would you try again with someone who had betrayed, neglected, hurt, or forgotten you?
"I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
We hear the word covenant a lot in our worship services. It is mentioned in the baptismal service, we hear it in the communion liturgy.
This is God wanting a real relationship with people, God's desire to be the one to whom the people belong. Imagine, if God's law is on our hearts, within us, perhaps we can learn better to live by its spirit and not by its letter. God is trying a different approach in this new covenant, a law of love we carry inside of us.
