I’m sure that it has happened to you as well.

Today I was reading my Bible in my morning quiet time in the book of Jeremiah. It happened again to me. I know that I’ve read that passage many times. In fact, according to my notes, I used this text as one of my Daily Prescriptions years ago. But it seemed like this verse jumped from the pages of my Bible as if I had never read it before. I stopped, and you will probably laugh at me, but I shouted out loud, “YES, LORD! YES!” Let me share the verse with you and then a brief thought.

“Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name…” (Jeremiah 50:34).

Though the Lord pleaded with His people to turn from their idolatry and wickedness, they refused. He sent prophets and warnings; they rebelled even further. As a result, they would go into Babylonian captivity for seventy years. But hope was not lost. In fact, Jeremiah proclaimed the Word of the Lord that the time would come when God’s people would turn back to Him and they would discover anew and afresh that indeed He is their very strong redeemer. Tomorrow we will come back to this text and I want to show you several really, really precious things about these names!

Just before you leave me today: perhaps you or someone you know is living far from a close walk with the Lord right now. There is still hope right now today, friend, because this same Lord wants to show Himself to be that strong Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts. There is great joy in His forgiveness.