Isaiah 43

March 10, 2022

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

Isaiah 43 (NIV)

Israel’s Only Savior
1 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.
2 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..........Continue Reading

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  1. Right from the start of this chapter God reminds us that He is our Creator and commands us to “fear not” and promises He will be with us. These simple but powerful words should carry us through everyday. He made me, He loves me, and He will never leave me! When we focus on that we really don’t have anything to fear.
    So when in verse 10 He calls us to be his witnesses that should be no effort at all to share about the One who has done so much for us, however, like He also reminds us at the end of the chapter we do forget to call on Him and we become weary in our serving of Him. I pray to remember those simple words at the start of this chapter everyday that I may never grow weary in my witness of Christ.

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  2. What great promises of protection and provision are given in the first verses of this chapter. It reveals God’s care for His people and the power that He has to stand between them and danger. He always considered them (and us as well) a treasured possession and because of His efforts on their/our behalf, He intended for them/us to be His witnesses: to declare clearly that He is God and this is the kind of God He is. As He says, “when I act, who can reverse it?” And as Kelly says, it should be a no brainer for us to testify to those around us of who God is and what He has done for us.

    And His power will even be expressed towards the Babylonians and they will suffer loss because of God’s hand against them on behalf of Israel. God is doing a new thing for them and He is making a way where there seems to be no way. In the same way He provides water for animals in the desert, He wants to provide for His people when things get hard for them. But in spite of His efforts and His intents towards them, Israel continues to disobey. They have not performed the positive expressions of worship and have acted in the negative realm of sin. So rather than God being able to be the protector and provider for them, He must set Himself against them….but that is their/our doing…not His!

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