“And my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:14)
Just like our cars need to be filled with gas to keep running, we too must be filled with God’s (gas), His bounty, to keep doing what He has called us to do. So, are you filled with the bounty of the Lord or do you feel like you are running a bit on empty?
Notice “my” is written two times by the prophet Jeremiah in the above verse, and these two words are as encouraging as they are equipping. God says “my people.” These are the people who God sought, caught, and bought with His precious blood. These are the people He has claimed as His own. Is that you today? It is if you have believed and received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. Knowing you cannot save yourself, you have, by God’s grace, transferred your trust from yourself to your Savior. You are part of God’s “my” when you have put your trust in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, for the glory of God alone.
Next God says, “my bounty.” He does not say the bounty of the world rooted in power, position, prosperity, pleasure, or prestige. Rather, God’s bounty is rooted in God Himself. When God says, “my people” He is saying we are His portion. When God says, “my bounty” God is saying He is our portion. He is satisfied with us and we are satisfied in Him. It is in Him that we find everything we need. God is our Faithful “Filling” Station and you can be assured that He will never be closed or run out of the gas we need to do what He has called us to do.
Think about it this way. God has promised to fill us with His bounty. If His bounty will not satisfy us what will? Now I know that we all run to things smaller than God to find our filling from time to time. But we all know that we are left more empty after our wandering than we were before. No matter how many times we go to the wells of this world, we are never filled to satisfaction, and each time we try to get filled apart from God, it takes more and more to reach the previous level of filling.
May this year be different than last year. May we rest in God’s first “my” knowing that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. And may we rest in God’s second “my” knowing that our God has promised to meet our every need in the glorious riches of Christ Jesus. There is only one Faithful “Filling” Station – our Faithful Savior.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 