I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul. (Jeremiah 32:41)
What a word of encouragement we have before us today. Our Redeemer rejoices over us and delights in doing good to us with all His heart and soul. To be sure, we find no reason in ourselves that this would be true in all of our imperfections. Yet, our Redeemer rejoices to meet us in our deepest place of need.
In the beginning, our Redeemer rejoiced over all that He had made in the heavens and in the earth, and He declared with infinite wisdom that it was not just “good” but “very good.” And of all that He made, He made only mankind in His image. Not even the angels know of this blessed gift from God. They are to be included in the “very good,” but not to be included in the very image of God.
Did you know that when the angels rebelled and fell from heaven, followed by the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, it was not the angels that God came after with His redeeming love? The writer of Hebrews puts it this way.
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abram’s descendants. Hebrews 2:16
Let that truth encourage you today. Let that truth lift you up above any waves of challenge that are coming up against you. Let that truth set you free to rejoice in your Redeemer because He is continually rejoicing in doing you good. Now, the good you might be expecting and the good you might be getting from His hand might be two different things. But is your Redeemer not in the best position to know what is best for you and how best to deliver it? I cannot find in sacred Scripture where our Redeemer rejoices in the sun, moon, or the stars. But time and time again, we read how God rejoices over those who bear His image.
I pray our passage today and these words from the prophet Zephaniah act as bookends to strengthen your belief in just how loved you are and how much your Redeemer rejoices over you.
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 