“Even to your old age and
gray hairs I am He; I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4
This is a message of hope by the
prophet Isaiah to the Israeli exiles.
God’s message to them and even to us today is to “remember the former things”. The
children of Israel are to remember God’s hand at work during all their times of
difficulty. The point being that the Lord’s care is constant. He has promised in His word to never leave,
nor forsake any of us, for we are His children and He cares deeply for us. God graciously supports and comforts those
faithful to Him even to their old age.
We must remember that the Lord is the one constant who is the same and
never changes. We change
constantly. Our moods, our thought
processes, our emotions change at the slightest shift in circumstances.
It should be noted that the idols of
Babylon needed to be carried about by those who were already weary, while the
Lord God is the one who carries us. He
sustains and rescues us continuously from each and every calamitous situation
we may find ourselves in. We tend to
gravitate towards non-beneficial circumstances.
It is in our nature. Even as
believers less than constructive scenarios can lure us. This is all the more reason why we must stay
focused on the Lord constantly.
God will never forsake us. Read the words of King David regarding the
righteous: “I was young and now I am old,
yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.”
(Psalm 37:25) Just as the Lord delivered
Israel from captivity in Babylon, so He will deliver you from whatever may have
you bound. There is never a reason to
lose hope when our hope has been placed in the hope giver. Jehovah God is “the same yesterday, today and forever”. (Hebrews 13:8) He can be relied upon because He never
changes anything about Himself. We can
lean on Him in our most difficult times and He will see us thru them. On that we can rely. Until next time, walk with the King and be a
blessing!
Resources:
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Bible; The Reformation Study Bible and
The Asbury Bible Commentary.
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