8 O HOPE OF ISRAEL,
its Saviour in times of distress,
9 … You are among us, Lord,
and we bear your name;
do not forsake us! JEREMIAH 14
‘O HOPE OF ISRAEL’ – even in times of distress God identifies Himself to His children as THEIR (AND OUR) HOPE! The times of the prophet Jeremiah were tough for Israel, but in corrections God also reminded them that HE WAS STILL THEIR HOPE!
12 A GLORIOUS THRONE, EXALTED FROM THE BEGINNING,
IS THE PLACE OF OUR SANCTUARY.
13 LORD, YOU ARE THE HOPE OF ISRAEL;
… THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER. Jeremiah 17
Repeatedly in the midst of great turmoil, the prophet Jeremiah affirms that God is the Hope of His people. (The God who is ‘from the beginning’, before time, He is their/our Hope)
7 Whoever found them devoured them;
their enemies said, “We are not guilty,
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
the Lord, THE HOPE OF THEIR FATHERS.” Jeremiah 50
They’d turned away from the ‘Hope of their fathers’ and fallen pray to their enemies, but a time was coming when those same enemies would themselves come under God’s judgement. They didn’t realise that they were only a tool in His hands.
16 He who is the PORTION OF JACOB is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, THE TRIBE OF HIS INHERITANCE —
the Lord Almighty is his name. Jeremiah 10
God also identifies Himself as the ‘Portion of Jacob’ (Father of the Tribes of Israel) AND ‘The People of His Inheritance’. Whoever touches Israel (and the Church) touches God’s Inheritance and that’s a very serious matter in His sight. But once again through Jeremiah, God identifies Himself as the ‘Portion of Jacob’, another powerful and personal statement, given all that’s happened to them.
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I SAY TO MYSELF, ‘THE LORD IS MY PORTION;
THEREFORE I WILL WAIT FOR HIM.’ Lamentations 3
These are Great Things to Repeat over to ourselves/our souls today, THE LORD IS OUR PORTION! THE LORD IS OUR HOPE! We have a different Identity and Hope from other people and we should declare it.
May God bless and keep you in His Love today.