Advent: The New Covenant

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbour and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34

Christmas means that a new Covenant is effective and established, unbreakable and firm underneath us. The rock solid guarantee of Almighty God that he will perform the impossible – change our hearts to desire him and know him. Instead of trying our best, hoping for the best, whistling in the wind, or trying to earn his love, God loves us with an everlasting and unbreakable love – just because he loves us and we are his. 

We can be forgiven. The mercy of God is revealed to our hearts and we can with confidence approach the very throne of God – because God does not bring our sin to mind. Instead we have the righteousness of Christ. What greater truth do you have this Christmas but that you are in the hands of God for now and into eternity, safe, forgiven, purchased, set free to be all that God has for you. Let the joy of this mind-blowing truth sink deep into your heart. He has made an unbreakable covenant of peace. He is the always faithful husband who gives his life for his people, who he loves.