Wait on the Lord

Dear Weekly Readers!

God has granted us with another week according to His Great Grace!  

Is it not amazing that with as complex of a world we live in, as delicate our ecosystem is, how tiny according to the scope of the entire universe our world is, that He has safely led us through another week?  Dear readers, God cares about you!

God knows our troubles and problems.  God knows what we have gone through in the last week, and what is ahead!  Let us trust in Him for everything!

Last week we began speaking about Isaiah chapter 40.  I would like to continue in that same chapter this week.  We will pick up in Verse 4:  Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.  How has your life been?  Has it been perfect, without pain or suffering?  Do you sometimes feel very low, in a valley?  As though life seems to be very dark, full of worry and yes even doubt?  Does it seem like the path forward is just too hard?  

Let us remember what is stated in Psalm 23.  It says:  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  Notice it says "through the valley of the shadow of death".  That means through, not just up to the valley.  You see, God will not leave us comfortless; He will lead us through the hard times, even when we lose loved ones, or we fear for our very own life.  He will lead us through!

David wrote this from experience.  He had many trials in his life.  Do you remember the Lion and the Bear?  How about Goliath?   God won these battles for David, just like He can and will win our battles if we turn everything over into His care and keeping!  We need not fear evil.  Jesus conquered death, hell, and the power of the devil when He died on the cross for our sin, and arose victorious!  The Lord Jesus is our mighty conqueror!  He HAS won!  Believe it!!

We also see in this verse 4 in our text that "the mountains and hills shall be made low"! This is very important to remember! Let us not begin to get proud and mighty in our own strength and abilities. We have absolutely no strength except that which is given of God. We have none! He has it all. Let us be humble and not proud!

Proverbs 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Our life here on earth is so very short. Verse 6:  All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field…  Verse 8:  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand forever!  We see how short we live!  Even the oldest and the greatest of all men are here on earth for only a very short time.  Like a wave of the hand!  Like grass, here, then gone!  But God’s Word shall stand forever!

Are we standing on the firm foundation of God’s Word today?  Do we believe in His promises for us?  Do we know and believe by faith that the blood of Jesus washes our sins away so that we are pure white and perfect in His sight?  Believe this, dear reader!  God’s Word says it is true!

When we believe in the Power of His Name and Blood, and are resting in the assurance of our salvation by the power of the Holy Spirit given to us by victorious, risen, and living Lord Jesus Christ, we have the victory!  The victory that has been won is ours!  May God be praised!

Let us wait on the Lord!  We read in our chapter 40 the last verse:  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint!  Let us wait on the Lord for He shall give us strength!  Wait on the Lord.  The last shall be first!  Let us soar in joy, liberty and peace, knowing that Jesus has won the victory for us!  Be renewed today in your strength in the Lord Jesus!  He has made us more than conquerors!

Rejoice, and again I say, Rejoice! 

May God Bless your week!  John R.