Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 44:6
Despite the way things appear to be; the message on today is to serve notice to all mankind that God is still in control… There may be things in your life that may be challenging, situations that may be uncomfortable; however, the same God who spoke this world into existence is the same God that governs your everyday affairs… I make this point today to inform you that the things you are going through will accomplish the goal which God has designed them for… Notice that this verse starts off by saying thus saith the Lord the King of Israel… God is still the head, even though you might go through trials and tribulations, don’t lose sight of the fact that He is still over all things… The challenge that you are faced with today is to remember God and the position He holds when you face times of suffering and sorrow… The word of God doesn’t say that your days will be peaceful and uneventful, it doesn’t say that you will have green pastures and be free or toils and snares… You must take this thought into captivity today because this is only way to keep sanity amidst insane times…
Remember all the things which you have already been delivered from and let those things serve as landmarks to remind you that you will come out of this process just the same… This passage taken from the book of Isaiah informs us and reminds us that there is only one God… At the time of this writing, the Israelites were in despair, bondage and captivity had come and they were growing concerned about the “true God” they served… It is in times of despair that we question God; we question his authority and sometimes even question his authenticity… Isaiah writes that the King of Israel is the first and the last; he has been there since the beginning and will be here when you are gone! Let us take note that we all must suffer from the decisions that we make, the Israelites we disobeying God and found themselves turned over into the hands of the enemy… This was not a sign of God’s absences, but a sign that they had forgotten who God is and what he had already done! Today let us not question God when we face consequences, but take the opportunity that is afforded to us to remember who God is… He was there when you were captive through the disobedience of Adam & Eve…
He saw and heard your pleas when everyone had turned their back on you and he has been there when you faced trials and tribulations on every side! He spoke light into existence, formed you out of the dust of the earth, and breathed the breathe of life into your lungs… He has seen you through many seen and unseen dangerous; he has molded you through your obstacles and now has gone to prepare a place for you to spend eternity with him! Before you were formed in your mother’s womb he knew you and sanctified you, he knows every hair on you head and has promised to never leave you nor forsake you! He said the he will repay your enemies and has laid down his life that you may live! This is the God that we serve, this the God that we are to rejoice in, this is the God that we are to praise and adore… Let not the trials of this world and the circumstances that we face make us lose sight of God’s bountiful blessings and the things that he has already bestowed in our lives… The Israelites suffered because they forgot about their deliverance from Egypt and fell back into bondage… We have been delivered from the hand of Satan, we have been delivered from the traps and snares, let us remember God and hold to His hand so that we do not revert back to the old way of thinking and living…
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