- When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah 43:2 – When…not if. I know, I know, not exactly the message we want to hear this morning, but it’s a reality that all of us are seeing right now. That it’s not a matter of if we’ll go through the waters and flames of struggles, but when. Yet really hear what God promises for His people when they do come into these seasons. That He’ll be with us in it, He’ll let it not overwhelm you, you won’t be burned by it, and won’t be consumed by it. Now that a lot of us have stepped into some pretty deep waters and some pretty hot flames due to all that’s going on, this is when we need to actually place our faith in Him like we say we do. Lean on Him and allow this season to be one we look back on in the future as a time where we saw God move in only ways He could for us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1244
- Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 – God, through Isaiah, is speaking to His people who have chosen sin over Him. Worshiping God had become a wearisome thing to them, and they had chosen to be blind and deaf to the truths of God’s law spoken over them. They had chosen idols to worship and other nations to rely on for help. God’s people were not acting like God’s people, but God was reminding here whose they were. They were His people, He created them, He saved them, and there is no Savior outside of Him. And while they in their past had chosen sin, God was calling them to forget their former actions and see the new thing He was doing. He was making a way back to Him. A way in the wilderness and a river in the desert, all so His people could be with their God. Yet a dwelling in and on the former sin would keep them from seeing and stepping into the new thing God was doing. That last sentence applies to God’s people of today as well. When our thoughts dwell only on the past failures and sin of our life, it makes it impossible for us to move into the new things God is doing in our midst. Yes, acknowledge that we have sinned, and understand where our weak spots with sin are, but also acknowledge and understand that when Jesus died on the cross, He covered all your sin with His blood. If you have sought Jesus for forgiveness of your sin, know you are fully, entirely, completely forgiven. Dwell not on the things of old, but behold the new things the Spirit is doing ahead of you. You are forgiven, live as such. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2710
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