Jeremiah 31:33-34 NIV
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
Having the Holy Spirit in our lives is how God writes his laws upon our minds and hearts with his own finger—deeply engraving and carving the truth of his love, of his saving grace, forgiveness and favor. This means that we are never distant from the Lord or his covenant love.
The Lord erases what was previously written upon our hearts, which caused us to respond in fearful and joyless ways. For the Israelites, their experience of slavery had written upon their hearts: Oppression, Hardship, Hopelessness. However, in Christ, God has now written the words: Freedom, Blessing, and Hope. This is the truth that is now near us, in our mouths and our hearts. This is the truth that goes deeper and they cannot be removed or erased, for they have been written by God’s own finger.
Prayer: We proclaim today that Jesus is Lord over our lives, over our circumstances, over every detail, and over every concern. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Let’s worship to the song “Now to live the life” by Matt Redman (click here).
-GK