Where the Weary Find Rest and the Sorrowful Find Joy

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.

What a tremendous promise we have from the Lord.  The promise was first spoken to draw the Jews out of bondage back to their homelands and back to Himself.  Through His prophet, Jeremiah, Almighty God was assuring the Jews that they would find a rest and joy in their new settlement if they set aside their idols and returned to Him.

The promise still holds true for all of us today as the Lord encourages us with His extraordinary promise to give us the strength that we need to break away from all the bondage in our lives - bondage to the personal idols that we have set ahead of the Lord.  He gives us the spiritual inspiration that we need to renew our devotion to Him when it is lagging.  He calls us to live in a higher place, a place where His presence brings us complete comfort, peace and satisfaction.  He calls us to a place where the weary find rest and the sorrowful find joy...now that's a promise!!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for drawing us to Yourself.  We bless the name of Jesus who  provides all that we need to be one with You and one with Your Son.  We pray that You raise up in us the desire to bring to you the fullness of love and devotion that You seek from us.  Lift us up, Lord, to a higher place - a place that we cannot reach without You.  We pray that Your Holy Spirit will strengthen us to leave behind the things of the world that we place ahead of our devotion to You.  We ask all these things in the name of our Most High Savior, Jesus Christ.