Engraved On Our Hearts

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Common English Bible
31 The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 It won’t be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant with me even though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 No, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 They will no longer need to teach each other to say, “Know the Lord!” because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord; for I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sins.

The people of Israel have broken the old covenant that God had with them. The prophet Jeremiah brings the good news of a new covenant that is coming. God is going to engrave his instructions on the peoples hearts. I know that I need more than just head knowledge about loving God and other people. I want God to put a tattoo on my heart that reminds me to love God and neighbor. Who wants to get a tattoo this Sunday? Maybe we will just ask God to engrave his instructions on our heart instead.