Week 31 - Day 3

Jeremiah 30-31

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Jeremiah 30-31 YouVersion(NIV)

“This is what the Lord says:

‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing.  There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you’ (30:12-13)

‘But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord (30:17a)

God has made clear his plans of discipline for his children, and now He is shedding light on the hope and future that is to come after that.  They needed the time of exile to start depending on God again and to turn away from the sinful ways by which they had been living.  

Much like the 40 years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert before God delivered them to the Promised Land, this remnant of the Israelites needed time to learn all over again about just who their Father was and how to trust Him wholeheartedly. 

“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.” (30:22) – This is what God wanted. 

Some of the words from these two chapters reminded me of how parents talk to their children after they have had to discipline them.  As a parent you have to discipline your children, but when you do, you want them to learn from it.  So you talk with them and try to help them understand first, that you love them, then why they are being punished, and what to learn from the experience so they will make better choices in the future.  As a child it is hard to understand why there are so many boundaries and punishments for breaking those boundaries.  But one day they’ll understand.

“The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart.  In days to come you will understand this.” (30:24)