September 27, 2024 -- Jeremiah 31:25 -- The Weary Soul Revived by Jesus the Redeemer-King

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.
Jeremiah 31:25 ESV

These words are found among Jeremiah’s prophecy of doom pronounced upon the people of God. Their sins have reached full measure and they will be thrown into exile in a far country. However, the LORD has not forgotten His covenant promises. He will satiate weary soul. What a picture that is. The soul that is exhausted from the weight of sin; tired of wandering far from God and questioning what is next, will find his dried out soul satiated with living water. That Living Water is Jesus Christ. He promised this in John 4:14. Every sorrowing one, each person who feels his very life and every hope have been squeezed out of him, will be revived. “God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4-5). It is magnificent how the past promises of God are fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

How does all of this comfort the people in Jeremiah’s day? They had great and confident hope that this prophet, Who has accurately prophesied, is being used by God to comfort His people during the extreme duress that is to come. We have comfort in the fact that this same God, Who once spoke through Jeremiah, now has spoken perfectly, fulfilling His promises in Jesus Christ—His final word. No matter what hardships we face, sickness, losses, financial setbacks, persecution, war, corrupt governments, the agenda of the godless in the media and so on, we can draw great and sure comfort from the fact Christ is our comfort and our song. He is our sure salvation and God Himself will revive the weary soul of each of His people.

Such words also inspire believers to walk in faith. In Jeremiah’s day, those who believed God listened to the words of Jeremiah. Their confidence in the prophet of the LORD meant that they trusted the LORD’s purposes, even when they made no sense. So too for us today, trusting in God and walking in obedience to Him is the path of wisdom. So many of the LORD’s commands do not make sense to the believer, however, wisdom teaches us His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than ours. Obedience doesn’t require a man to understand the why of such commands, but the fact our LORD requires it is enough. To walk with Him is the greatest satisfaction to the weary soul and obedience to Him is newness of life.

Our Father in heaven, so direct us by Your Word and Spirit that Christ our Redeemer-King will be honoured in our words and deeds, and our souls will be revived in Him. Amen.

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