Main Verse: Jeremiah 31:1-14, Numbers 23:7-10

Good morning!

            The word “Remnant” means, “What is left over” after a catastrophe; the Hebrew words are, She’ar, She’erit, and Pletah which refers to those who survived a divine judgment (Hebrew Word Lessons, 2026). The remnant’s purpose is to rebuild and repopulate with the hopes of learning from the past and to avoid repeating the mistakes of the previous order as the case of Noah after the flood (Genesis 9), Defeat of the Benjamites (Judges 20:46-47), and the exiles who returned to Jerusalem to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple in 539 BC (Ezra 1: three -5) point out. The problem with starting over is, someone is always watching to see if we will succeed or fail; of course, there will always be the “Nay sayers” and the troublemakers such as Tobiah, Sanballat, and Geshem the Arab (Nehemia 4:7-20). G-d does not accept excuses for failure (Romans 1:18-23). So, when we are tasked with the project, we are obligated by our agreement to finish the project according to His standards which are never beyond our capabilities, and He will always provide the supplies when we are obedient and faithful to do what He asked of us (Exodus 12:35-37).

            We may never be tasked to build a giant ark, lead 600,000 people across the desert terrain nor reinvent the law of the Lord, but we will be asked to live righteously in an unrighteous world (1 Peter 1:13-16). The good news is, any time the Lord calls his servants, he always develops them and tests them, so the servants are prepared for the task ahead of them (Exodus 4:10-12 in the case of Moses). My encouragement for today is if you are the servant or servants the Lord has called, He will always finish what he has started, He will always take as much time as is necessary for the task and will always let us know when it is time to act (Philippians 1:6-11).

I.H.S.

MK