Jeremiah 16:14-15
“On the other hand, don’t miss this: The time is coming when no one will say any longer, ‘As sure as GOD lives, the God who delivered Israel from Egypt.’ What they’ll say is, ‘As sure as GOD lives, the God who brought Israel back from the land of the north, brought them back from all the places where he’d scattered them.’ That’s right, I’m going to bring them back to the land I first gave to their ancestors.”
“But the time is coming,’ says the LORD, ‘when people who are taking an oath will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’ Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.’ For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.”
Our holy God cannot tolerate sin and paints a picture of terrible judgement in preceding verses. But God is also love, and he will not leave his people in exile. He promises to bring them home again. They may have of let go of God, but he will not let go of them.
Lord, somehow you are both holiness and love at once. I am amazed you hold both in perfect tension within yourself. I can trust you to put the world right and do it with love, although I cannot imagine how. You are truly an amazing Lord, fully complete, fully trustworthy, fully everything good. Thank you for finding me, calling me and keeping me safe in the circle of your arms.