"Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert."
Isaiah 35:4-6
These are some great verses with a really strong feeling of hope. I love the line "he will come and save you." Save us from what? Apparently everything. Mentioning some specifics, Isaiah makes it clear that things we've suffered with our entire lives and never thought we'd be free of are definitely on the table, as are natural things that we lack... however impossible, there will be streams in the desert. :)
On my mission, when I would face something especially difficult, I would remind myself that transfers happened every month, and that I could deal with it for that long. It usually lasted longer than that, of course, but the idea was that it was a temporary problem and I had the ability to endure it. I think that God letting us know that he will save us is similar. It means that all of this, everything, is a temporary problem. It's something we can get our head around and something we can endure because we know it isn't going to be eternal. God will come and save us.
Today, let's believe this.We live so much of our lives afraid of something, and whatever it is for us individually, God "will come and save you." ... Right there in the scriptures. Might not be today, but it is coming, so we can look forward to that with hope. :) The chapter heading mentions the "day of restoration" and the last verse mentions "they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (verse 10). Looks like it is going to be a good day... all we have to do is wait it out a little longer. :)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert."
Isaiah 35:4-6
These are some great verses with a really strong feeling of hope. I love the line "he will come and save you." Save us from what? Apparently everything. Mentioning some specifics, Isaiah makes it clear that things we've suffered with our entire lives and never thought we'd be free of are definitely on the table, as are natural things that we lack... however impossible, there will be streams in the desert. :)
On my mission, when I would face something especially difficult, I would remind myself that transfers happened every month, and that I could deal with it for that long. It usually lasted longer than that, of course, but the idea was that it was a temporary problem and I had the ability to endure it. I think that God letting us know that he will save us is similar. It means that all of this, everything, is a temporary problem. It's something we can get our head around and something we can endure because we know it isn't going to be eternal. God will come and save us.
Today, let's believe this.We live so much of our lives afraid of something, and whatever it is for us individually, God "will come and save you." ... Right there in the scriptures. Might not be today, but it is coming, so we can look forward to that with hope. :) The chapter heading mentions the "day of restoration" and the last verse mentions "they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (verse 10). Looks like it is going to be a good day... all we have to do is wait it out a little longer. :)
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