Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"I will set My eyes on them for good"
Text: Jeremiah 24:6
THE GOOD FIGS
The LORD explained to Jeremiah the meaning and significance of the good figs. They represented the people who were deported to Babylon!
“Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:
‘Like these good figs,
so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah,
whom I have sent out of this place for their own good,
into the land of the Chaldeans.
For I will set My eyes on them for good,
and I will bring them back to this land;
I will build them and not pull them down,
and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD;
and they shall be My people, and I will be their God,
for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.””
Jeremiah 24:4-7
1. Resistance to the LORD’s word
a) Jeremiah had forewarned the Babylonian invasion many times.
b) But many had resisted and rejected his messages.
2. The LORD’s word concerning those who were deported
a) They were symbolised by the good figs.
b) God will acknowledge them in the land of the Chaldeans.
3. God’s Plan of blessing revealed
a) “For I will set My eyes on them for good”
i) They are called “good figs” because of what God would do for them.
ii) The goodness of life comes from the blessings of the LORD.
b) “And I will bring them back to this land”
i) God will bring them back to Judah one day.
ii) Among the people whom God will bring back (Nehemiah and Ezra).
c) “I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up”
i) God will bring the “good figs” back to their homeland.
ii) He would build them and not pull them down.
Nehemiah and Ezra helped build the Walls of Jerusalem and the Temple.
d) He would plant them and not pluck them out.
i) Under good leadership (Ezra and Nehemiah) Judah would be planted.
ii) God will not pluck them out (uprooting).
4. A new heart
a) One that would know the LORD.
b) One that will acknowledge the LORD as their God.
5. Returning to God as His people
a) There would be a new relationship established with God.
b) The people will be returning to God wholeheartedly.
c) This would be more than just a return to the physical land of Judah.