We must remind each other, God is good, even though things don’t seem as they should.
“This is impossible,” we say in our hearts, or perhaps out-loud.
The Bible reminds us, God is able to make a way, . . . through the wilderness:
This is what the Lord says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters, . . .
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland . . . ” Isaiah 43:16-19.
We, who believe in God through His Son, (His great and perfect provision for us, Jesus), must not let our thoughts paralyze us. What are the promises? We must fight to think on these things and pray for increased faith.
“Eyes up, ears open. God speaks: “
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor will there be one after me.
I, even I, am the Lord,
and apart from me there is no savior.
I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
I, and not some foreign god among you.
You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
Yes, and from ancient days I am he.
No one can deliver out of my hand.
When I act, who can reverse it?” Isaiah 43:10-13.
Am I a child of God? Perhaps that’s the first question.
God is good, the Bible tells us. The world is broken, dark, chaotic because of the fall. But God said, “Let there be light, and there was light.” Gen. 1.
The account is written. Wise is the man who checks out the light of His Word daily.
God’s faithful love is dependent on nothing.
Love is who He is, . . .
the LORD:
For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; Isaiah 43:3.
Is He my Savior? Am I a child of God trusting and relying on Him to save me for salvation, and give guidance and help for each day’s trials?
How can I trust Him greater? Am I relying on my intellect, my bank account, my careful plans to save me from my hour of peril or trial?
“Yes, that’s sensible. That’s logical.”
Even more than people to come and discourage our trust in a (so called) invisible God, our own hearts discourage us in our weakness.
This is the fight. This is the battle. We must as soldiers have a plain command: “Look up. Listen up.”
As soldiers in the lord’s army, are our eyes up? Hear God speak:
But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze Isaiah 43:1-2.
Or are we faith-less this day:
“Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
you have not wearied yourselves for me, Israel . . . But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied me with your offenses” Isaiah 43:22, 24.
Today, one heart at a time, beginning with mine, I feel the need to repent. I need to believe God and pray. “Forgive me for my unbelief Lord, increase my faith, in Jesus Name, Amen.”
“I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more.
Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together;
state the case for your innocence” Isaiah 43: 25,26.
“Lord Jesus, the only innocence I have is the complete and sufficient washing of Your blood. ‘This is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.’ And for that, I say, Thank You Lord.”
Jesus lifted my eyes and gave me ears to hear again. His amazing grace, how sweet the sound. He saves me from myself daily.
Are you a child of God? He is only a prayer away. Call on the name of the Son that God the Father has sent to pay each of our debt in full for our sin and shame. Yes, believe in Jesus, and ask Him to empty you of all the old, and fill you a new with the Holy Spirit.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him” John 3:16,17.
If you have prayed and asked Jesus to come into your life to cleanse and make you new, please tell a trusted friend that today is the day of salvation for you!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Amen! (Exclamation point, mine).
