Today's encouragement comes from Jeremiah 31:12a & c, where we read these words:
"Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, streaming to the goodness of the LORD . . . Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, and they shall sorrow no more at all."Jeremiah the prophet (above) is speaking of the Gospel times in which the church has been living since the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Be-lievers stream to Jesus, singing His praise in and as His body, His church. Their souls are satisfied and nourished. They continue to struggle with the flesh, sin, the world, and the devil—but they do not "sorrow" anymore, be-cause every single one of their sins are forgiven.
Let us—who in just three days from now (on Sunday) will be back up on "Mt. Zion," meeting with and worshipping our Savior—go forth rejoicing today, as we serve our King in the various places in which He has assigned us.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Difficulty commends duty, and the less you have to sweeten your action the more sweet it is to God.” —William Bridge, in, "A Lift-ing Up for the Downcast"]
