Can we receive the grace to love and trust the true God who knows what is best and brings us to the place where we say, "It is hopeless." Isaiah 57:10, so that He can then give us the "good news" that He makes His home with those who are at the end of their power. Isaiah 57:15, Daniel 12:7, Deut. 32:36, Psalm 116:7, 15, Isaiah 40:29. We admit that we cannot, We believe that He can and we agree to "get out of the way" and let His love and power work in whatever situation we are faced with.
“You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’
You found ]renewed strength,
Therefore you did not faint." Isaiah 57:10 God is not complimenting them here. He is calling them out, they refused to say, "It is hopeless" they still wanted to find some hope in themselves, in programs, in others, but they would not "give up" and see God as their only hope.
"For thus says the high and exalted One
Who [a]lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite."Isaiah 57:15 This is where the high and holy God dwells, when you see your brokenness clearly and have no hope in anything or anyone, but God.
" I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed."Daniel 12:7 The loving plan of God involves a temporarily horrible time that cleanses people of all hope except the hope in the "One whom they have pierced."
“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free."Deut. 32:36 Give up? That is the question that God is most likely to ask. His stated goal..."To make us like Jesus" and that is going to mean a realization of the death of Adam in baptism and the Life of Christ.
"The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me."Psalm 116:6
"Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones." Psalm 116:15 What is this verse other than the ultimate expression of the death of flesh, of self, and the resurrection life of God. Oh let it be so!
"He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power." Isaiah 40:29 What precedes mounting up with wings like eagles? Coming to the end of your power, coming to a place of hopelessness and death and receiving the grace to see that it is the faithfulness and love of God that has brought you here, and it will be the One who is Faithful and True who will get you through.
“You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’
You found ]renewed strength,
Therefore you did not faint." Isaiah 57:10 God is not complimenting them here. He is calling them out, they refused to say, "It is hopeless" they still wanted to find some hope in themselves, in programs, in others, but they would not "give up" and see God as their only hope.
"For thus says the high and exalted One
Who [a]lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite."Isaiah 57:15 This is where the high and holy God dwells, when you see your brokenness clearly and have no hope in anything or anyone, but God.
" I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed."Daniel 12:7 The loving plan of God involves a temporarily horrible time that cleanses people of all hope except the hope in the "One whom they have pierced."
“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free."Deut. 32:36 Give up? That is the question that God is most likely to ask. His stated goal..."To make us like Jesus" and that is going to mean a realization of the death of Adam in baptism and the Life of Christ.
"The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me."Psalm 116:6
"Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones." Psalm 116:15 What is this verse other than the ultimate expression of the death of flesh, of self, and the resurrection life of God. Oh let it be so!
"He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power." Isaiah 40:29 What precedes mounting up with wings like eagles? Coming to the end of your power, coming to a place of hopelessness and death and receiving the grace to see that it is the faithfulness and love of God that has brought you here, and it will be the One who is Faithful and True who will get you through.
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