From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained. Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.
Jeremiah 30:19-20 (NIV)
Songs Come Out of Them
God can bring a song out of people who had stopped singing.
Jeremiah’s people had lost everything. Earlier in the chapter God calls their wound incurable. Then he promises to heal them, rebuild their city, and gather them again, and to bring songs of thanksgiving and rejoicing out of them, more of them than before.
The song comes up out of a whole people, children and families and a community “established before me.” God restores his people together.
He still does it among his people, and if you live alone, you belong to them too.
A Prayer to Remember
Father, heal your people together, and give the ones who’ve stopped singing a reason to sing again.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
