Sun.’s Devo - Our Everlasting Covenant

Read: Jeremiah 31:27-32:44; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Psalm 88:1-18; Provers 25:20-22 “The day is coming.” God said that three times to Jeremiah talking about the future of Jerusalem. In the tenth year of Zedikiah’s reign in Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar did come against Jerusalem and put it under siege. The people had torn down their houses to build siege ramps but God said it would all be in vain. They would be captured and taken to Babylonia, but one day they would return. God wanted him to believe in the restoration and return to Jerusalem so much that he told him to buy land from his relative that was going to come and ask him to buy his land. It made no sense to Jeremiah but he obeyed. He bought the land and had the deed signed in front of witnesses in the courtyard of the guardhouse. Jeremiah was in prison at the time. He told Baruch to take his sealed deed and the unsealed copy and put them in a pottery jar to preserve them for a long time. This was to show them that one day people would return and again own property and buy and sell land and houses. After he had done that he went into his cell and asked God what that was all about. God told him it was a promise that one day the people would return and that they had a deed to the land. Jeremiah never came back to Jerusalem to enjoy that property he had just bought but God’s covenants are everlasting. Who knows if in the millennium, Jeremiah might live in that very place since it is covenantally his. In Timothy, Paul describes a mature Christian who is ready to lead others. That person is above reproach, faithful to his wife, exercises self-control, lives wisely, and has a good reputation. He enjoys having guests in his home and must be able to teach. He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome and not love money. He must manage his own family well and have children who respect and obey him. This should be the our goal of all believers as we grow to maturity. Lord, thank you that we have an everlasting covenant with You and your promises. None of them will fall to the ground.