Isaiah 58:9-11
“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
Isaiah 58:9-11 NIV
What an incredible reminder that we have here from Isaiah. God desires that all people would come to know Him, and make Him known. It would be incredibly easy for us to point fingers at the Israelites and feel better about ourselves after reading this passage. If we read verse 10, we realize that we cannot point fingers at the Israelites without pointing fingers at ourselves. So many times we focus on ourselves and our desires first without ever thinking of how we can show God’s love to the people around us. We are planted exactly where God desires for us to be at every moment of every day so that we can bring Him glory in all that we do. Isaiah reminds us in verse 10 that if we will seek to honor God, submit to his authority, and follow His commands, we will see the glory of God and experience the blessing of what it means to be in a relationship with Him. The truths of God's never-failing faithfulness, that are contained in His redemptive plan for Israel are equally pertinent for the us today. He will satisfy our hunger and thirst for righteousness. He will continually guide us in the way we should go, and teach us all things, through the power of the indwelling Spirit. He has gone to prepare a place for us and is coming back to take us to be with Himself and like Israel, we will be like a watered garden, from whom will flow rivers of living water. In Christ, we will be like a spring of water whose waters never fail. We are blessed to know that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will direct our way and govern our path. We are doubly blessed to know that the Spirit of God will guide us into all truth and lead us in the path of righteousness. We are held securely in the Father's hand, and no one is able to pluck us out of our Saviour's keeping. Our parched soul has been revived and satisfied by the living water of life, which has become an inner spring of water, welling up into eternal life. Indeed, we know that we have a blessed hope and an eternal inheritance in Christ, that is kept for us in heaven. He is not only the Provider of all our physical needs, but He is the Fountain of peace and pardon, the Well-spring of grace and strength, and His never-failing streams of salvation and security are ever flowing into the empty cup of the weary pilgrim. Remember, He is not only with you in the parched and weary land, but He will guide you through all those scorched and burning places for a purpose to draw you closer into His outstretched arms of love and to take you deeper into an undertaking of Who He truly is!!!
Father thank You for this day and Your amazing mercy and grace. Lord open the floodgates of heaven and rain down Your abundant blessings over my friend and families today. Lord Your promises are very precious and are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness. Lord thank You that You lead and guide us at all times and that You are the only refreshment our soul needs. Lord as we face today, we pray that new showers of Your sufficient grace will flood our weary soul so that rivers of Your living waters may flow through my friend and I to others who are in need of Your grace. Daddy we love You amen. Be a blessing. Love ya !
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