Leftovers

"Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them," Jeremiah 23:3.

So God has mercy. After destroying Israel and Judah utterly for their faithlessness, his love wins out. God always assures a remnant, a few left overs. (Left behind? No worries - God's at work.) God promises that in 70 years he will restore a remnant. And they will rebuild the temple. Why? Why does God do this? It's not because of the covenant that they destroyed. It's because he had made yet another covenant, but with David: His royal line would last for ever. So. God saved the leftovers to secure the royal line. To bless the whole world.

We meet with a brother or sister today under the auspices of the eternal king, Jesus, royal descendant of David. And together we give thanks to God who counts the leftovers as worth it.