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A Thought For Your Christian Journey:

 

Is My Hand Shortened At All . . .

Isaiah 50:1-8 1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

To fully understand Isaiah’s proclamation you will need to read 2 Kings 19, if you have a few minutes read both 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 50.  Jerusalem is in its darkest moment.  Sennacherib, king of Assyria, is coming against Jerusalem, as he had many other great cities and nations and has said he intends to vanquish king Hezekiah and all that remains of Israel.  Yet, Hezekiah has been a king that has faithful sought after the Lord God and has sought to bring renewal to the people of God.  In this dark moment Hezekiah prays fervently toward God in the temple, seeking his only hope, supernatural deliverance. 

In response God sends Isaiah and the message he carries.  It is possible that Isaiah 50 was penned about the time of this series of events.  In considering Isaiah 50 God is clearly saying, “In your darkest moment of despair, I Am still Almighty God!  When your enemies are buffeting you, railing upon you, and mocking you, I Am still God!  In the end we discover just how much God was still God as a miracle is sent that completely delivers Jerusalem and Hezekiah. 

What about you?  Perhaps you are in your darkest moment.  Your adversary, the devil, may appear to have the upper hand right now, or perhaps your mortal enemies are buffeting and mocking you.  Be assured, your Heavenly Father says, I Am still God!  America seems to be in its darkest spiritual moments right now, the liberalism and iniquity that represents a lack of Biblical faith appears to be winning over the holiness of the new birth. Yet, our Lord and Savior resounds anew, I Am still God!  His deliverance is near, whether it comes in the form of the rapture or revival, our God will be glorified. 

Let us be found standing in dark moments under the sting of the world’s scourge with our eyes faithfully fixed upon our all powerful Lord Jesus Christ.  He is still God the great I Am!

 

 

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