Please read Jeremiah 31.
Meditate on and memorize verse 4a.
Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin Israel!
God told Jeremiah to preach sermons about impossible
situations. In Jeremiah 30, the sermon
topic was: “Your Wound Is Incurable; God Will Heal Your Wounds” (vs. 12, 17).
The sermon in today’s reading could be titled: “Virgin Again.”
Before Jeremiah 31, God often referred to Israel as a
harlot, an adulteress who had left God for man-made idols (Jeremiah 3:6-8). At this point in Israel’s history, you would
think God would be done with Israel, but then He called her a “virgin”—after He
called her a harlot! Impossible! How can someone become a virgin again?
And looking at them Jesus said to them,
“With people this is impossible,
but with God all things are possible.”
—Matthew 19:26
Be encouraged that despite your past sins, the confession of
those sins and acceptance of God’s forgiveness, covers you and cleans you of
sin, guilt, and shame. God’s forgiveness
is so complete that in His eyes, you can be a virgin again; you can be made
holy because God is holy.
God wants to turn your impossible situation into an
opportunity to glorify Him. He wants you
to live the rest of your life in honor of Him who has done these great things
for you (1 Samuel 12:24).
Pray Jeremiah 31:3-4a and 34 over yourself and those for
whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, You have loved ________ and me with an everlasting love
and drawn us with lovingkindness.
Build us, and we will be
rebuilt; make us virgins again!
LORD, we want to know You.
Forgive our iniquity and
remember our sin no more.
For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”
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