Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Isaiah 48 - The battle within


"If only you would attend to my commandments, your peace would be like a river, your vindication like the waves of the sea, Your descendants like the sand, the offspring of your loins like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence. Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea! With shouts of joy declare this, announce it; Make it known to the ends of the earth, Say: "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob. They did not thirst when he led them through dry lands; Water from the rock he set flowing for them; he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth." There is no peace for the wicked, says the LORD."  ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:18-22‬

Isaiah 48 - The battle within.  Can we play God?  What I mean about play is fake our love for Him, will we get that past Him?  Isaiah looks at a people and sees a people playing God. "Hear this, house of Jacob called by the name Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity, without justice,". ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:1‬  God sees the heart so there is no playing God.  1 Samuel 16:7  The choices we make each day reveals our heart to God.  We do not see the spiritual battle going on but we feel the effects of it.  Yesterday was a cold morning, the bed was nice and warm, a delay to my start, the day got away from me.  Do we sacrifice our time and give some of it to God?  Simple decisions each day reveals the heart.   Recognize the battle, do not loose your peace, it is such an easy thing to do, one day leads to two, two to three and before you know it, there is a bunch of weeds that have grown up between the wheat.  Be obedient to God's will even when it is uncomfortable.  Have a blessed day, He loves you.  

What is God saying to me: There is lessons in the failures, continue on, it is going to be a good day.  

Dear Father, I see the battle, I see the struggle that is occurring.  We fall victim to the schemes of the devil and do not see it happening.  Your words speak life into my soul, they give me joy and reassurance that all is well.  You see into tomorrow and are with me, I thank You for Your guidance and protective hand that watches over my coming and going.  I trust in You!  Prayers for a friend burying his mother, comfort him Lord in his time of need.  Thank You Father of knowing another and seeing him win the race even in the trials of life.  Prayers for a
friend who lost his job, may he see the battle.  I ask this in the Holy name of Jesus, Amen.  

Mary, Queen of Saints, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Patron of the Dying, Pray for us. 




Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.  1 John 4:4b

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