I will be their God, and they will be my people.
I will give them oneness of heart and way.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
I will never stop doing good to them.
I will fill their hearts with awe and adoration of me.
I will rejoice in doing them good.
I will assuredly plant them in the “land.”
(7 Promises to us from our Father in Jeremiah 32:38–41)
Heavenly Father, thank you… I know this passage—but I want it to own me, re-thrill me, run after me when I lose my way, re-center me when I lose hope, and shape the rest of my journey Home. You are the quintessential Promise Maker and Promise Keeper.
If “7” is the perfect number, then all seven of these promises lead us smack dab unavoidably to Jesus our perfect Savior—the “Yes!” and fulfillment of every promise you have made (2Cor.1:20). We belong to you because you gave Jesus for us (Rom.8:31-33), and you gave us to Jesus (Jn.17:24). We have a new heart because of the new birth you’ve given us (1Pet.1:3-5), and the New Covenant you made with us through Jesus (Ezek.36:26, Matt.26:28). Stunning, staggering, and “Hallelujah!”
Today and forever, you will never stop doing good to us, Father—always doing so with unwavering joy and incomparable delight. “Good” doesn’t always mean “pleasant,” immediately understandable, or what we’d choose—but one Day we will celebrate your provision of “good” as our utter and only “best.”
And, Father, as surely as you have already hidden our lives in Jesus (Col.3:1-4), so you will “plant us” in the ultimate land of “the new heaven and new earth” (Rev.21-22). Until that Day, Abba, supersize love for you, because we want to love you as you love us—with all our heart and soul. So Very Amen.
