The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant, and I had to show myself their master says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:31-32

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God foretells of a future in which he will make a brand-new covenant with his people. The covenant will be different than the one made with the Israelites after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites were unable to keep the demands of the convent. They broke the covenant and once that happened, they came to see God as a master instead of having a personal relationship with him. 

God wants us to be free from the sin of offense that enslaves us just as he freed his people from Egypt. And yet like the Israelites we can fall back into the slavery of sin by breaking God’s commandments. 

Pray today for the grace to not be enslaved by offense but to live in the freedom God wants for you.