Shabbat 24 August 2024
Isaiah 49:14-51:3
English Standard Version
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. 17 Your builders make haste;[a] your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you. 18 Lift up your eyes around and see; they all gather, they come to you. As I live, declares the Lord, you shall put them all on as an ornament; you shall bind them on as a bride does.
Isaiah 51
The Lord's Comfort for Zion
1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him. 3 For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
James 5:7-11
English Standard Version
Patience in Suffering
7 Be patient, therefore, brothers,[a] until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
ObservationMany times, I feel that GOD has indeed forgotten me just as Zion has complained but my feelings are not the truth, because indeed the truth is even if mothers forget their child, GOD will never forget me, HE has engraved me in HIS hands and in HIS hear. My walls (serving as protection and shield) is always monitored by GOD and HE repairs anything that the enemy or I have broken.
ApplicationI will look to JESUS my rock, l will look to the men and women of ancient times whose faith please GOD, because the LORD is comforting me and comforting, healing, building up all my waste places, the years that the locust have eaten. I will chose to believe in GOD's word even though the reality is the opposite and I feel abandoned. I will be patient even as GOD allows me to suffer and see the wickedness of the world. I will endure with my prayers for the captives to be set free and delivered and for the lost to be saved in JESUS.
PrayersDear AVI,Blessed are YOU King and GOD of all the Heavens and the Earth! Toda Raba for YOUR WORDs that always bring comfort to my soul that may feel sad and tired from all the things happening in the world. I will look to YOU GOD and will comfort myself in YOUR promises that always speak love and comfort to me. How wonderful it is to be reading such promises from YOU even as I feel pain or hopelessness, it gives me great hope that one day YOU will do what YOU have promised and I only have to endure and keep praying. I only have to trust and keep hoping because YOU will never fail me O GOD and YOU are faithful and true. Let my trust and hope be anchored in YOU GOD of my Salvation, my rock, the Love of My Soul. So I continue to pray for Stephen to surrender his life to YOU and follow YOU, let him follow YOU O GOD, let him seek YOU, let him be filled by YOUR SPIRIT O GOD, let him look to YOU, let him please YOU, let him obey YOU O GOD and let him bring his family to YOUR Kingdom, may they all love YOU like he loves YOU. I pray that YOU will build up my family O GOD with Stephen because this is what YOU promised me through Isaiah 42, Isaiah 43, Isaiah 34, all the promises YOU spoke to me regarding Stephen YOU have confirmed it in Acts 6-7 on Tisha B' Av and Ruth 1-4 from Tuesday to Friday. YOU are speaking to me clearly so it is clear to me that I should not let him go, I should not give up praying even though I already want to let go. I will go against what I feel, and the security of my soul, I will go against all that I think is right and dignified, just to obey YOU and follow YOU O GOD. So I pray have YOUR way in Stephen's heart and mind and body, have YOUR way!!! O GOD call Benita his mother and let her respond to YOU easily, send people to minister to them to speak to them about YOU. O GOD, I pray even for Jaja Gulfan and Carlo Rebadomia, to be delivered from the captivity of the enemy, that YOU will rescue them from their life of sin and bondage and heal them O GOD I pray heal them JESUS. I ask YOU O GOD, have YOUR way in my Dad and Mom, I pray that Dad will have more time to pray and to seek YOUR WORD, and to pray for the souls of his siblings to be saved and even Stephen's salvation. O GOD, I pray for these things, I pray that YOU give homes to my dogs O GOD, have mercy on them O GOD. I pray for healing and restoration among my siblings with one another. O GOD I pray that YOU continue to humble as all and help us to be great stewards of what YOU have entrusted to us. I pray O GOD, take care of us. O GOD, please take care of my heart and let it be YOURS alone. Please let Pastor Timmy and Achi Grace pray for Stephen Yu's salvation and that he be married to me because this is what YOU have revealed to me. YOU Know O GOD how much I already want to move on but as I have prepared to do so, YOU have made it clear to me that it is Stephent that YOU want for me and so here I am praying and believing YOU in spite of all the discouragements. I cling to YOU O GOD, let me always hope in YOU and not in man or circumstances. Let my faith rise and increase as I walk this path of righteousness with YOU. In the Name of JESUS Amen!
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