October 17, 2024
Andrew Thompson
Dunbar Cave, Campus Pastor
Jeremiah 32:40-41
“I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me. I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.”
As I sit down to write this devotion I am in the middle of my preparation for the final sermon in the Boundaries series (if you were in church last Sunday at Living Hope Dunbar Cave you will have already heard it!). This series has reminded me of the goodness of God’s commands. The boundaries he puts in place for his people are ultimately for their good! Jeremiah 32:40-41 comes in a time when the Israelite people have once again failed to keep the commands of their God. They face a challenging, dark time because they have failed to keep their side of the covenant God established with them in Exodus 20. Even in the midst of the impending difficulty, God makes a promise to the Israelites. A promise that a day is coming when a new and permanent covenant will be made with them. The unbelievable promise that God makes to His people as they turn away from Him is that he “will never turn away from doing good to them.” This will ultimately culminate in the arrival of Jesus! God’s love for His people and love of doing good to them results in Jesus himself dying for their failure, and rising from the dead for their redemption. What higher good could God do for His people?
The challenging part of this passage is that in order for them to get to that ultimate good, they will have to endure difficulty for their disobedience. Yet even this is part of God’s good for them! This is because God’s commands are good. The commandments we have studied over the last ten weeks represent God’s loving intention for humanity. These boundaries exist to prevent us from experiencing heartbreak, brokenness, and futility. God allows our failure to keep these commands to result in temporary heartbreak, brokenness, and futility so that we will not experience eternal heartbreak, brokenness, and futility. Today I want you to take a few minutes to reflect on the goodness of God’s commands. Ask God for the ability to honor him through your obedience. Also, praise him for his ultimate demonstration of his goodwill towards you: the sending of Jesus! Celebrate that the God of the universe delights in doing what is good for his people!
Dunbar Cave, Campus Pastor
Jeremiah 32:40-41
“I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me. I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.”
As I sit down to write this devotion I am in the middle of my preparation for the final sermon in the Boundaries series (if you were in church last Sunday at Living Hope Dunbar Cave you will have already heard it!). This series has reminded me of the goodness of God’s commands. The boundaries he puts in place for his people are ultimately for their good! Jeremiah 32:40-41 comes in a time when the Israelite people have once again failed to keep the commands of their God. They face a challenging, dark time because they have failed to keep their side of the covenant God established with them in Exodus 20. Even in the midst of the impending difficulty, God makes a promise to the Israelites. A promise that a day is coming when a new and permanent covenant will be made with them. The unbelievable promise that God makes to His people as they turn away from Him is that he “will never turn away from doing good to them.” This will ultimately culminate in the arrival of Jesus! God’s love for His people and love of doing good to them results in Jesus himself dying for their failure, and rising from the dead for their redemption. What higher good could God do for His people?
The challenging part of this passage is that in order for them to get to that ultimate good, they will have to endure difficulty for their disobedience. Yet even this is part of God’s good for them! This is because God’s commands are good. The commandments we have studied over the last ten weeks represent God’s loving intention for humanity. These boundaries exist to prevent us from experiencing heartbreak, brokenness, and futility. God allows our failure to keep these commands to result in temporary heartbreak, brokenness, and futility so that we will not experience eternal heartbreak, brokenness, and futility. Today I want you to take a few minutes to reflect on the goodness of God’s commands. Ask God for the ability to honor him through your obedience. Also, praise him for his ultimate demonstration of his goodwill towards you: the sending of Jesus! Celebrate that the God of the universe delights in doing what is good for his people!
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