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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wednesday of the Second Week in LentI WILL RESTORE AND HEAL
Jeremiah 30:12-22 (New International Version)
12 "This is what the LORD says:
" 'Your wound is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
no remedy for your sore,
no healing for you.
14 All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.
16 " 'But all who devour you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17 But I will restore you to health
and heal your wounds,'
declares the LORD,
'because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no one cares.'
18 "This is what the LORD says:
" 'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.
19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving
and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,
and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their leader will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me,
for who is he who will devote himself
to be close to me?'
declares the LORD.
22 " 'So you will be my people,
and I will be your God.' "
Through Jeremiah, God was telling His people that He is in control of change. From their captivity under foreign powers, to their release and restoration, God has been the agent of change-‘I have done these things to you”- although ‘He changes not’. Nothing happens without His knowledge and approval. In His sovereignty, God determines all the things and everything is under His divine control.
Although His people were rejected and wounded, God in His gracious mercy had already planned to restore them (v3). Even their ‘incurable wounds’ which the Lord had allowed because of their sins (v12, 15), God will cure them.
Our world has faced unprecedented changes and tragedies. We feel that we are living in the brink of hopelessness and helplessness, having no control of our circumstances. But the word of God in Jeremiah comes to us today’ Though you are wounded and in pain, yet I will heal you’ says the Lord. This promise is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who was ’wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities… by His stripes we are healed’.
How thankful we are for the hope we have in Christ: ‘Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day’ (2 Cor 4:16).Therefore we do not lose heart. Whilst all that is around us, including our mortal bodies, is “changing down”, the Lord is changing our inner man ‘from one level of glory to another’. And on that glorious day, He will transform us completely and give us the Resurrection body of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Elder Richard Chia E L,
Elder at Grace Bethesda Church and
Chairman of Care Channels International Ltd.
Commitment:Elder at Grace Bethesda Church and
Chairman of Care Channels International Ltd.
All my wounds to the Lord for His healing touch
Prayer:
I know Lord that you have caused the changes in my life, and I can trust you completely for the good and perfect plans you have for me. Amen.
All Lent Devotion materials are taken from 'Take Up Your Cross' - Daily Devotion for Lent 2009 by Bible Society of Singapore.
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