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Jeremiah chapter 46, verse 28, fear not, O Jacob, my servant, declares the Lord,

for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you.

But of you, I will not make a full end.

I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means

leave you unpunished. Oh, what a verse. There's so much here. The one thing in particular I want to

point out is how God disciplines his people in the context of love for them and commitment to them and mercy for them

and justice at the same time all of this in one this is God saying to his people fear not like

don't be afraid from the very very beginning, God is comforting them,

encouraging them, saying, I am with you. So we have that at the beginning of this verse. And at the

end, God says, I will discipline you in just measure. In other words, my discipline will not be

unjust. It will be just. You will not be unpunished for your sin.

At the same time, I am telling you this with a promise that I will be with you and I will

bring you through this. That's the whole picture when God says, I will not make a full end of you.

In other words, this discipline is going somewhere. It's for your good. It's for in the

end, your restoration. And we know this kind of picture in an earthly way. I think about my mom and

dad. There's no doubt that they love me well. At the same time, growing up, I was disciplined in just measure.

They disciplined me. Why? For my good, out of the overflow of love for me. This is what the Bible

talks about in Hebrews, how nobody endures discipline in the moment, how nobody enjoys discipline in the moment,

but we need to remember it's for our good. And that's the picture here. So, God, we pray,

help us to humbly receive your discipline in our lives. We ask for that, knowing that we're

not prone to enjoy discipline.

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