Jeremiah 46:27–28 Do Not Fear

“Fear not” is all through the Old Testament and the New Testament. 

God’s perfect love cast out fear. 

Holy Spirit will convict us and change us because God corrects those He loves. We just need to believe it and rest in it!!

Trust God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

Our war is not with flesh and blood but with the spiritual powers of darkness. And Jesus has already won that battle!

God's heavenly plan is always bigger than our earthly circumstances. Even when we cannot see His intent, we need to remember our Lord is always at work on our behalf. Faith is trusting in God's sovereignty when what we're facing doesn't make any sense to us. In our moments of deepest distress, peace comes from believing our heavenly Father is orchestrating our lives and we are secure in His loving hands. 

In the New Testament, Jesus taught us God's second-greatest commandment is to love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31).

We live in a world that so desperately needs God's love. Today, let's honor our heavenly Father's perfect hesed and look for ways we can extend His lovingkindness to others. First 5

"With the coming of spring, I am calm again." Thank you, Gustav Mahler.

Jeremiah 46:27–28

27 “But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do not be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from afar, And your offspring from the land of their captivity; Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; No one shall make him afraid. 28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord, “For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished. The New King James Version 

A promise of future restoration for Israel and Judah is inserted here to remind Israel that its discipline is temporary. Faithlife Study Bible

Israel would be preserved. The NKJV Study Bible

Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with everlasting destruction from his presence. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Isaiah 8:10 

Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;

Speak the word, but it will not stand,

For God is with us.”

Jeremiah 30:10 

‘Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the LORD,

‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you from afar,

And your seed from the land of their captivity.

Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,

And no one shall make him afraid.

Jeremiah 30:11 

For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you;

Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,

Yet I will not make a complete end of you.

But I will correct you in justice,

And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’

Jeremiah 46:27 

“But do not fear, O My servant Jacob,

And do not be dismayed, O Israel!

For behold, I will save you from afar,

And your offspring from the land of their captivity;

Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease;

No one shall make him afraid.