Message For Messengers

Goodness Of The Lord
( God's promise for the New Year preached at ACA Perambur on 1.1. 2009)
“… I will not turn away from them, to do them good...” ( Jeremiah 32:40 )
What are the good things here, the Lord is referring to?
1. Believer's Security - Verse 37
37 “I will cause them to dwell safely.” . Terrible things may happen this year,
but God will preserve and protect His people according to Psalm 91. The Bible says
in Deuteronomy 33:12 “The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; and
the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between His shoulders.”
The goodness referred to here is security. The Lord says, “I will not turn away
from them, to give them safety and security.”
2. Believer's Serenity - Verse 39
39 “ I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me for ever, for
the good of them, and of their children after them.” When God gives us one heart
and one way, there will be peace and tranquility in our lives and families. When
God gives one heart and one way, broken homes shall be united together. Peace and
harmony shall be restored. The Lord says, “I will not turn away from them, to give
them serenity.”
3. Believer's Spirituality - Verse 40
“I will make an everlasting covenant with them…but I will put my fear in their hearts,
that they shall not depart from Me.” Every covenant has got two parties and two
parts. Here it is God and His people. On God's part, the Lord says that He will
put fear in our hearts and on our part we will not depart from Him. This will culminate
in beautiful and intimate communion with the Lord. Because of the divine covenant,
you shall be spiritually strengthened. The Lord say, “I will not turn away from
them, to make them spiritually strong.”
4. Believer's Stability - Verse 41
“I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with all whole
soul.” God shall plant His people and establish them in the place where God has
kept them. Saul tried his best to uproot David from his kingdom. But because David
was planted by the Lord, he was established in his kingdom. ( I Samuel 24:20 ).
According to Psalm 92:13 “Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish
in the courts of our God.” The Lord says, “I will not turn away from them, to stabilize
them.”
5. Believer's Surety- Verse 42
42 “I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.” In this New
Year, this is the surety that God is giving unto His people. This year is the year
of fulfillment. The good Lord shall fulfill all His promises in your life and in
your family this year. The Lord says, I will turn away from them to give them surety
of fulfilling all My promises to them.
Deuteronomy 30:9 “The LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers.”
II Chronicles 7:10 “… He sent the people away into their tents glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto His people.”