Day 36
Bible Text: Jeremiah 31:24-25
“Townspeople and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness. For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.”
What an amazing promise from God through Jeremiah, the prophet’s prophecy. With this NEW COVENANT God promised in Jeremiah 31, which Jesus established in 1 Corinthians 11:25 (“this cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me”), we now experience through faith in him!
This new covenant promises our relationship with God is renewed and forever sealed. He also promises a person to person relational effect. “Townspeople…farmers…shepherds” were often adversarial toward each other in Jeremiah’s day, fighting for land, for dominance, for wealth, etc. But as each person’s relationship with God was renewed, it changed the way each related to his neighbor.
God promised he would do this today, and is unfolding this promise even now. Wall Street financiers, laborers, executives, teachers, artists, farmers, royalty, celebrities, construction workers, etc. - all, no matter their station, can “live together in peace and happiness,” just as Jeremiah prophecies. For God has given “rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing” through Jesus on the cross and empty tomb. He has made irrelevant our station, work status and class, and established us as brothers and sisters in Christ. He has positioned us as members of his Body, with himself as our Head.
So instead of taking out our “weariness” and “sorrow” on each other, we lean into each other as members of one body. We compliment each other, help each other, live at peace with each other and even love each other. That’s what he has in store for you and me, who confess Christ as Lord. Will you let him give you relational peace with others?
Prayer: I’m sorry, Lord, for taking out my fatigue and sorrow on others. I receive your gift of peace to share with others. I press into you, Lord, to redeem and restore the relationships I’ve blown up. And place my expectation in you to see this prophecy realized, with rest and joy for us together. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
“Townspeople and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness. For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.”
What an amazing promise from God through Jeremiah, the prophet’s prophecy. With this NEW COVENANT God promised in Jeremiah 31, which Jesus established in 1 Corinthians 11:25 (“this cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me”), we now experience through faith in him!
This new covenant promises our relationship with God is renewed and forever sealed. He also promises a person to person relational effect. “Townspeople…farmers…shepherds” were often adversarial toward each other in Jeremiah’s day, fighting for land, for dominance, for wealth, etc. But as each person’s relationship with God was renewed, it changed the way each related to his neighbor.
God promised he would do this today, and is unfolding this promise even now. Wall Street financiers, laborers, executives, teachers, artists, farmers, royalty, celebrities, construction workers, etc. - all, no matter their station, can “live together in peace and happiness,” just as Jeremiah prophecies. For God has given “rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing” through Jesus on the cross and empty tomb. He has made irrelevant our station, work status and class, and established us as brothers and sisters in Christ. He has positioned us as members of his Body, with himself as our Head.
So instead of taking out our “weariness” and “sorrow” on each other, we lean into each other as members of one body. We compliment each other, help each other, live at peace with each other and even love each other. That’s what he has in store for you and me, who confess Christ as Lord. Will you let him give you relational peace with others?
Prayer: I’m sorry, Lord, for taking out my fatigue and sorrow on others. I receive your gift of peace to share with others. I press into you, Lord, to redeem and restore the relationships I’ve blown up. And place my expectation in you to see this prophecy realized, with rest and joy for us together. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
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