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Good morning,
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you. For I Am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior." (Isa. 43:2-3) That is a promise that we need to take to heart at this time as we pass through the waters, knowing that Our God is faithful and that He will not let us down. I have been meditating on this verse and one similar in Isaiah 58:11; "And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. "God will not only be with us, but he will guide us through the tough times and satisfy us in the midst of drought. You know what it means to be guided by Him, right? Really, the truth is that we hate to give up the lead position to anyone in our lives, even when we say that God can lead, we hold on to the position tighter. Guide means a little bit more than just leading us, it indicates that He actually knows the way through the water, the fires, and the dry places. We should let God be the leader because he knows and created the course that we are to take. Guide is the one who leads or directs another in the way or course; to lead to a resting place or a watering station; a guide regulates, supervise and manages one towards the desirable end. Well we know that God said that our end was good in Jeremiah 29:11. God also promises to satisfy us while we are on our way to our expected end. Satisfy means to please, to gratify to the full, to fulfill, to have ones needs and or desires filled.
Now we are coming to the place where our waters fail not, our provision is continually supplied. It is not dependent on the outward circumstances nor the supply from this world. No, we are entering a season of a supernatural supply and resources that will not run dry. It is indicative of the times of the prophets of old. 1 Kings 17:11-16; "As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. And she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a loaf baked but only a handful of meal in the jar and a little oil in the bottle. See, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it—and die. Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said. But make me a little cake of [it] first and bring it to me, and afterward prepare some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not waste away or the bottle of oil fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth. She did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. The jar of meal was not spent nor did the bottle of oil fail, according to the word which the Lord spoke through Elijah." God provided for this widow, her family, and the prophet, through the drought and dry places by a supernatural source. Her supply was sustained. We serve the same God, He has not changed! He will be Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who sees and provides. We will have the opportunity to know Him in a greater capacity as our Jehovah Jireh. The verses in Isaiah show us that God will guide us through to our expected end through perils, adventures, caution, and comfort. He will see that we come through victoriously whole through our journey! Love,
Pastor D.
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