“They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may worship me forever—for their good and their children’s good. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, and I will never stop doing good to them. I will put awe and adoration of me in their hearts—so they will never turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and I will assuredly plant them in this land—doing both with all my heart and all my soul.” Jeremiah 32:38–41
Heavenly Father, thank you! I came upon this passage again today like treasure hidden in the field of my distracted, busy heart. Oh my… Oh glorious my… the 7 “I will’s” in these four verses are promises only you could make—promises you fully keep through the Gospel.
You gave us a new heart and made us your beloved people when you drew us, redeemed us, and gave us to Jesus (Jn.6:37). Thank you, Abba. The New Covenant is the everlasting covenant you made with us through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection—and it’s all by grace, from beginning to end. Hallelujah!
Now and forever, you will never stop doing good to us, Abba—always doing so with great joy and incomparable delight. Please free us from our unbelief, because, quite honestly, this seems too good to be true. But even when we’re on your Potter’s wheel of liberation, healing, change, and discipline (sanctification), your love for us is unwavering and you rejoice over us with loud singing. Hallelujah!
And, Abba, as fully as you have already hidden our lives in Jesus (Col.3:1-4), you will “”plant us in the ultimate land of the new heaven and new earth—with all your heart and soul (Rev.21-22). Until that Day, Abba, supersize our awe and adoration of you, because we want to love you as you love us, with all our heart and soul. So Very Amen.