GOD SPOKE FIRST TO ISRAEL. NOW HE SPEAKS TO US, THE SPIRITUAL ISRAEL. He speaks to all who are gathered to the Lord Jesus: to the penitent sinner, who is returning to God with weeping and supplication; to the one to whom the Lord gives a heart to know Him, and who trusts in His gracious word; to all true believers. What does this promise include? "I will be their God," they shall own my authority, receive my word, bow at my throne, engage in my service, do my will, prefer me to all besides, make me the object of their trust, worship, and love, their God. "I will be their God," and they shall have my wisdom to guide them, my power to protect them, my love to assure them, my mercy to save them, my holiness to sanctify them, and my Spirit to comfort them. As their God, I will be with them; I will be for them; I will be a Father to them. I will never fail them nor forsake them, but will do for them all I have promised in my word and confer upon them all I have provided in my covenant. Believer, see in this promise, God's greatest mercy: He gives you Himself to be your God. If God is for us who can be against us?

For Meditation:
On God's promise my soul does lean,
Lightened from every care;
A pathway bright ahead is seen;
My God is with me there.