"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband," declares the Lord. "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares 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. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the Lord. "For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Reflect God promised his servant Jeremiah
that he would make a new covenant with his people,
where they obey him because they have been internally changed
rather than externally pressured.
This internal change was to come
from people of all backgrounds being able to know God,
through his self-revelation to the world.
And Jesus—who was born fully God and fully man—is the one who made this possible.
As we remember Jesus’ first advent,
let us not forget that it is through Jesus’ coming
that we know and see God, and have our lives forever changed.
Consider what life might be like if Jesus never came.
Thank Jesus for coming so that we could know God and
have our hearts set towards him.
Pray Jesus, you made it possible that we could know God.
Help us to remember that you are with us,
and that you have turned our affections toward you.
We thank you for forgiving our sins, and changing our hearts.
We ask that you would use us to show others your great love.
Thank you for allowing us to know you, and for fulfilling all your promises.
