Jeremiah 33: 6, 9
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and Truth.
And it shall be to Me a name of joy, praise, and glory before all the Nations of the Earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do for them, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.
This will all happen when He returns again, as the King of the World. Israel will be the Head of the Nations, and all the promises God made to them will come true. And all the other Nations will see.
This has always been God's plan from the beginning, why He chose this one Nation to give His Law to so their obedience would bring the great prosperity all the other Nations would want to emulate.
To draw them all to Himself, to know that He is God, not any of their idols; and as Creator and Designer, following His rules brings all kinds of good: in our relationships, in our physical health, in our thinking processes and mental health, in our finances, in our politics, and our foreign policies, in every realm of living. His ways are the Manufacturer's Instructions.
Because He loves us, He has given us freely all the rules and precepts and commandments to obey and follow so we will be able to access the great abundance He has put into this Earth for us.
God wants us to enjoy Him in this life, as well as in the next. He wants us to understand how much He loves us, and has already provided everything we will ever need.
First, to take care of the sin problem that separates us from Him through sending His Son to fulfill the Law and wash away all that stands between us.
Then to help us to mature as His children, understanding how everything fits together, to prepare us to spend Eternity with Him, helping Him rule over it.
While we're here now, we are to live our lives in such a transparent way that others who see us will ask why we can live in such a way, triumphing over all the trials and sorrows and evil of this world. And we are to be prepared to give them the answer, based on God's Word, that has given us this life.
We will gain every victory through the Blood of the Lamb (Salvation) and the word of our testamony (our witness) (Revelation 12:11).
I have learned to know what I believe, why I believe it, and to support it with Scripture. And I try to live it in such a transparent way that people would see the character of Christ in me, instead of me. To draw them toward the right, the moral, the God Who is the standard for how we measure right, and beauty, and justice, and Love.
In the Old Testament times, Israel was supposed to be that magnet. Now the church has been given that role. But the enemy has infiltrated the churches, so they will be unsuccessful, having lost the Truth.
So the job falls to God's individual children who are still faithful, and firm in our confidence in God. I want to be one of those.
I want to do whatever I can do, however small, to do my part as His child, to show others Who my Father is. Then when Jesus returns, I will not need to be ashamed before my Judge: I want to hear Him say, "Well done, My good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:23).
He is coming soon.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
