James Smith Daily Remembrancer – Evening Devotional for 9th July
‘I will be their God.’
Jeremiah 32:38
This was spoken of the literal Israel, but it applies also to the spiritual Israel. It refers to all who are gathered to the Lord Jesus; to every penitent sinner, who is returning to God with weeping and with supplication; to every one to whom the Lord gives a heart to know Him, and who trusts in His gracious Word; to all true believers. What does this promise include? ‘I will be their God’: they shall own My authority; receive My Word; bow at My throne; engage in My service; do My will; prefer Me to all besides; make Me the object of their trust, worship, and love; ‘their God’. ‘I will be their God’: they shall have My wisdom to guide them; My power to protect them; My love to assure them; My mercy to save them; My holiness to sanctify them; and My Spirit to comfort them. As their God I will be with them. I will be for them. I will be a God to them. I will never fail them, nor forsake them, but will do for them all I have promised in My Word; and confer upon them all I have provided in My covenant. Believer, see in this promise God’s greatest mercy; He gives you Himself to be your God. Man’s highest honour, to have God so nigh unto him, and engaged for him. Jehovah is his God for ever.
On this support my soul would lean,
And banish every care;
The darkest path is cheer’d with smiles,
If God is with me there.
