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 24:5-7
I will give them a heart to know Me. We are mortal, sinful, self-centered. None of us are God-seekers, on our own. The grace of God is prevenient, and enables us to respond to God in faith. But still we must respond. God won’t (can’t) do that for us.
