“Behold the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with 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. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declared the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declared the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8: 8-12)

This one hits home for me.

The amount of times I have felt I am ruined beyond all redemption, that no matter what I do God will never forgive me. This verse brings it all home. He took me by the hand and led me out of my Egypt, the pit I had dug of my life. And even though I stumbled along the way, sometimes not continuing in His covenant, He chose to forgive me, to remember my sins no more. He put His laws into my mind, and wrote them on my heart. He became my God and I became His people. He is merciful towards me.

This is how deeply God loves us. To go to the extent of sacrificing His own Son so that we could be His people. There is nothing I can do, could do or can do in the future to earn this. It is a gift. A gift from the God who loves me enough to die for me. How incredible.

I pray today that we all sit in this truth. Let it fester in your heart. Sit with Him and grow deeper in love.