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March 18, 2022

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Reading along with us in Isaiah? Here’s today’s reading:

Isaiah 51 (NIV)

Everlasting Salvation for Zion
1“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham, your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.........Continue Reading

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  1. Not often do I understand the verses or the chapters, I hadn’t read my daily chapter readings the past three days, and returning to the reading which at first seemed like Drudgery, brought me instant comfort, The power of the good word, the gospel, I pray more people would feel the comfort I feel when they read their Bible, I asked the Holy Spirit to give me the words and ability to convey the comforting Feeling that They too can be blessed with when reading the word.

  2. Well this chapter speaks to our attention span! How many times does God ask us to “Listen” or “awake”. We can be such a distracted people; distracted by not just turmoil but even good. We find so many excuses to not stop and listen to God’s plans for us and like He tells in this chapter His plans are for us, He is faithful, He is with us in ALL things!
    God will give us the cup of wrath when necessary and take it away when the time has come. We need to listen and follow and not be distracted but constantly seek the power of God in our lives.

  3. How great and powerful our God is who meets us where we are and offers consolation to our hearts and power for our circumstances. But He certainly asks us to engage with Him. I was struck by the numbers of times this chapter says look, listen, lift your eyes, hear, and awake. He is always working to accomplish His plans for us. He is always working to promote His ways in our lives. If that is discipline, then He will bring discipline. If that is salvation, that is what He will bring. Israel has been suffering with the judgement of God, but here He is speaking of the salvation that He offers. And He asks them to look and listen to see what He is doing. How powerful is He to accomplish HIs works. And we can trust what He will do in the present and the future because of what He has done in the past. He is the creator. He has overcome the great aspects of creation. He has freed them from Egypt. And now He will bring the salvation they need and have been waiting for. They have been experiencing His wrath, but He now brings salvation that should bring hope, joy and peace. I am so glad because of that, we don’t need to fear mortal men, or their plans they have for us to bring us harm. God’s plans are better and they will overcome the plans and circumstances of the world around us.

  4. Wake up! Look! Listen!
    God will remove all of this oppression and suffering.
    Those who live by His law, do not fear man.

    I feel like this chapter is telling Israel (and us) to keep our focus on the Lord and not on the circumstances, real or feared. God will take away the “cup” that causes our fear and trembling and give it to those who cause it.

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