Isaiah 46-48 A Little Reminder From God

Sometimes we tend to get full of ourselves and just need to hear God telling us how He loves us despite our relative insignificance to Him, and sometimes we start feeling down, with life seeming to kick us in the teeth.  We wonder why things are happening as they are.  These chapters are great because we get the answers we need at just such times, straight from God:

“I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth.  Even when you are old, I will be the same.  Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you.  I made you and will take care of you.  I will carry you and save you … Remember that I am God, and there is no other God.  I am God, and there is no one like Me … When I plan something, it happens.  What I want to do, I will do…. Our Savior is named the Lord All-Powerful; He is the Holy One of Israel … I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure.  I have purified you by giving you troubles … Listen to Me.  I have called you to be My people.  I am God … I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to do what is good, who leads you in the way you should go.”

Father, thank You for personally involving Yourself in my life.  Thank You for lovingly planning everything that I experience in order to draw me closer to You.  Please continue to guide me every day.  And when I struggle against You, be patient.  Purify me and draw me back to You.  Remind me to listen only to the One who loves me and not to the one who seeks my destruction.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford