Tag: hope

Who has understood the mind of the Lord or instructed Him as His counselor? Isaiah 40:13 A perplexed man asks his Creator, “Why did you allow my life to be so difficult?” There was silence and no answer came. The man persisted and asked the same question again and again. Finally, the answer came. It…

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 The grass and the flowers in this verse are a picture of our lives here on earth compared to eternity with God. God has created everything for its time, season and purpose. Human beings like to hold onto…

Say to those with fearful hearts, Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution, He will come to save you. Isaiah 35:4 The fearful heart has lost hope and is wavering in strength. This man’s heart has despaired of a sense of justice or retribution and…

O Lord be gracious to us; we long for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. Isaiah 33:2 Jesus has placed a longing in each one of our hearts to be close to the ones that we love as a provision for us in a lonely and sometimes cruel world.…

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion; For the Lord is a God of justice, blessed are all who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 Can we pause for a minute to think how a young mother feels towards her first newborn baby? She is bursting with pride,…

In repentance and rest is your salvation; in quietness and trust is your strength. Isaiah 30:15b Sin gives pleasure for a short time, but grants pain a lot longer. Due to our sinful habits, we need rest and salvation. We have used many other forms of relief besides repentance. Most of these other forms mask…

Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:19 When evil prospers, many will feel that justice is nonexistent. Those in need of provision and rescue feel that there is no chance of redemption or cure. Darkness has a way of extinguishing the…

You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 Messages, calls, advertisements, rumors, headlines, newspapers, magazines, editorials all threaten to tumble upon us in an avalanche of information. What makes this worse is thatinformation is constantly changing according to the never-ending need for security and truth…

You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. Isaiah 25:4 Due to their frail state, mankind has often looked for all types of refuge from their afflictions of poverty, need and shelter. There are the shelters…