The Lord commanded Jeremiah to remind Israel of the terms of the covenant he made with them (1-5). God brought them out of Egypt, and he promised to make them his people if they obeyed him from then on. As God's people, their most important duty was to remember and keep that covenant. However, they broke their covenant with God, causing all of Israel's current suffering (8). They neglected to worship God and, as a result, worshiped idols like they once did in Egypt (13). This made God's judgment on them unavoidable (11).

However, God offers a new covenant with us that is greater than the one he made with Israel because it is a life-giving covenant of grace in Jesus. We enter a personal, covenant relationship with Jesus through faith in his blood. This covenant is the basis of our new life as God's people. We are naturally forgetful, and it's easy for us to live focusing only on our current situations. But if we forget God's covenant, we will fall back into sins we thought we had left behind (10). Let's read the terms of God's covenant with us in Bible and remind each other of it also.


Application: Father, thank you for the covenant promise you gave me in Jesus. Help me remember your covenant and also teach it to others.
One Word: Remember God's covenant with us.