Scripture
“This is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within then and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
Observation
Great promises are given here for Israel. Great prosperity and great population.
More importantly God promises a new covenant. God will write this covenant on people's hearts so that they will no longer break the covenant as they have in the past.
Justice and holiness will be so ingrained into people's nature that they will not need to teach each other to know the Lord.
Application
We live in the age of the new covenant. When we decide to follow Jesus, we receive the Holy Spirit who teaches us the ways of the Lord.
Of course it's not straight forward as never sinning again after we are saved.
But we have a new birth, a new start, a new heart. The trick is to listen only to the Holy Spirit and block out our own contrary thoughts and feelings which lead us away from the Lord.
Prayer
Thank you Father for the new heart, the new covenant and the everlasting Spirit. Help me to walk in obedience to you, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
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