“I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, ...I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.” Jeremiah 32:40a-41 (NASB)
These words from our God through His prophet Jeremiah were spoken to the people of Israel. It is an astounding promise. No matter how many times His people turned their back, no matter how many times they went after other gods, God promised to not turn away from them and to do good for them. He makes this promise to us as well. John Piper* gives us this comforting lesson drawn from our passage today. “God’s pursuit of praise from us and our pursuit of pleasure in him are one and the same pursuit. God’s quest to be glorified and our quest to be satisfied reach their goal in this one experience: our delight in God, which overflows in praise.” We can trust this good news from the Bible: “God is not at all disinclined to satisfy the hearts of those who hope in Him. That which can make us happiest is what God delights in with all His heart.”
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