God is Faithful

Ezekiel 15-16; Psalms 70; Revelations 6 

“…you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you…Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed…”

Ezekiel 16:59, 60, 63

God’s covenant with his people in Jerusalem was the vehicle through which his message to the world would be communicated. The people were to see the beauty and blessing of living in God’s ways and covenant relationship with him and would thus be drawn to him. Jerusalem’s idolatry, rebellion, and eventual judgment grieved God’s heart. But that judgment of sin was not the end. God promised to restore Jerusalem, and make atonement for her. This was accomplished in Christ’s death and resurrection. The city of idolatry and unfaithfulness became the birthplace of a new covenant and a global mission strategy. God has not abandoned us or our children, despite our rebellion and idolatry. He has made atonement for us and he invites us back into covenant with him.

Will we humble ourselves and respond?

“Thank you Jesus for being faithful to me, for your glory.”