Isaiah 53
Inspired thots
Finally, the CLIMAX! This chapter reveals the best of God's plans... How wonderful and beautiful of Jesus to be SO humbled to take on my transgressions; and yet, we esteem Him not. (v3) How unappreciative! It is necessary to put self into His shoes and feel the fit.
Lord, forgive us not just for our trespasses but the wrong way and attitude we take on You.
A daily time out with the Lord Jesus, to hear Him speak to ME. I am asking the Lord to share HIS thoughts with ME, to teach me more about Himself, and how I can be drawn closer to Him... for 'His thoughts are not my thoughts and neither are His ways my ways' Isaiah 55:8,9. This blog is not a theological exegesis. This blog is to record down the INSIGHTS & INSPIRATIONS of God's Word to me; speaking LIFE into my life for Abundant life! :)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
God Motivates His People to Arise
Isaiah 52
Inspired thots
We are indeed SO weak on our own. The chapter starts off with God's call on His people to understand their own pitiful condition and return to Him. How important to acknowledge our weaknesses and be awaken. God's people have been bound so long that they are sometimes immune to the future dangers and dire consequences.
Hence, God is calling forth for awakening! shake off the dust! Arise! Loose the bonds! We are made captives and we know it not; we may know but feel powerless to break free. What irony! Only yielding to God in total surrender will set us totally free from our bondages once and for all.
Call on Him for He is our rear guard. He says... Here am I! God reigns and we can rejoice in Him.
Inspired thots
We are indeed SO weak on our own. The chapter starts off with God's call on His people to understand their own pitiful condition and return to Him. How important to acknowledge our weaknesses and be awaken. God's people have been bound so long that they are sometimes immune to the future dangers and dire consequences.
Hence, God is calling forth for awakening! shake off the dust! Arise! Loose the bonds! We are made captives and we know it not; we may know but feel powerless to break free. What irony! Only yielding to God in total surrender will set us totally free from our bondages once and for all.
Call on Him for He is our rear guard. He says... Here am I! God reigns and we can rejoice in Him.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Experiencing God's Favor
Isaiah 51
Inspired thots
Those who face any type of situation can enjoy God's deliverance when they are under the shelter of His hands. He does not forsake His people especially those who call on His name or remain faithful to Him.
God will come through for those whose hearts are in Him and not in idols or self. He is a great and mighty God who knows what is to be. Hallelujah! Fear not the revile of man for God will rouse to my side. He shall answer and comfort. How wonderful!
Take heart and be strong in the Lord; be patient and wait for His right timing of deliverance.
Inspired thots
Those who face any type of situation can enjoy God's deliverance when they are under the shelter of His hands. He does not forsake His people especially those who call on His name or remain faithful to Him.
God will come through for those whose hearts are in Him and not in idols or self. He is a great and mighty God who knows what is to be. Hallelujah! Fear not the revile of man for God will rouse to my side. He shall answer and comfort. How wonderful!
Take heart and be strong in the Lord; be patient and wait for His right timing of deliverance.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Listening to God
Isaiah 50
Inspired thots
When the Lord God speaks, one should really listen. His words are important for life. He speaks to reveal; how important for one to listen carefully and obey. The first step (listen) may be easy to exercise with practice but the second (obey) is much harder; a lot of will power is needed as we are creatures steeped in sin.
Self-centredness blocks the path of obedience to God. A strong discipline is required to break down the hindrances to obedience. Then the character would be molded more into Christ's image; righteous virtues.
Inspired thots
When the Lord God speaks, one should really listen. His words are important for life. He speaks to reveal; how important for one to listen carefully and obey. The first step (listen) may be easy to exercise with practice but the second (obey) is much harder; a lot of will power is needed as we are creatures steeped in sin.
Self-centredness blocks the path of obedience to God. A strong discipline is required to break down the hindrances to obedience. Then the character would be molded more into Christ's image; righteous virtues.
Friday, July 26, 2013
The LORD's Favor on His Beloved
Isaiah 49
Inspired thots
Truly this amazing chapter constantly reminds of how great God's love is for His people. His FAVOR is upon His people no matter how they are. His LOVE for them is unending. He who FORMED us from the womb remembers and will deliver.
His promises are so astounding; his deliverance sure. We are honored in the eyes of God when HE is our STRENGTH. He shall CONTEND WITH THOSE WHO CONTEND with His people.
Truly, if God is FOR us, who can be AGAINST us? Rom. 8:31
Inspired thots
Truly this amazing chapter constantly reminds of how great God's love is for His people. His FAVOR is upon His people no matter how they are. His LOVE for them is unending. He who FORMED us from the womb remembers and will deliver.
His promises are so astounding; his deliverance sure. We are honored in the eyes of God when HE is our STRENGTH. He shall CONTEND WITH THOSE WHO CONTEND with His people.
Truly, if God is FOR us, who can be AGAINST us? Rom. 8:31
The Lord Speaks Up
Isaiah 48
Inspired thots
The Lord is always so merciful; He calls out to His people to return to Him with a true heart to enjoy the manifold blessings He has for them but many are stubborn to His voice.
The Almighty God voices out to reach His people with reminders after reminders but the more He calls; the more we run the other way. How sad and strange! God has only the BEST for His people; yet, we are not heeding His voice. Not surprising that He keeps quiet more these days...
Inspired thots
The Lord is always so merciful; He calls out to His people to return to Him with a true heart to enjoy the manifold blessings He has for them but many are stubborn to His voice.
The Almighty God voices out to reach His people with reminders after reminders but the more He calls; the more we run the other way. How sad and strange! God has only the BEST for His people; yet, we are not heeding His voice. Not surprising that He keeps quiet more these days...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Others Will Fail You
Isaiah 47
Inspired thots
How terrifying to depend on self and others but not God! Dire consequences come with God's judgment in due time. Even if one is very wise and capable, one can stand against God; hence, it is better to be on HIS side than depend on others who will surely fail.
Our efforts would be wasted on others whom we think can benefit us in troubled times; selfish man benefits only himself. All will flee when trouble comes but only our God is beside us to deliver and safe. Hallelujah!
NW's input today after devotion ~ MPPtoday When God shakes...start making your choice
God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks onto the stage the play is over.
God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else - something it never entered your head to conceive - comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left?
For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not.
Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
Inspired thots
How terrifying to depend on self and others but not God! Dire consequences come with God's judgment in due time. Even if one is very wise and capable, one can stand against God; hence, it is better to be on HIS side than depend on others who will surely fail.
Our efforts would be wasted on others whom we think can benefit us in troubled times; selfish man benefits only himself. All will flee when trouble comes but only our God is beside us to deliver and safe. Hallelujah!
NW's input today after devotion ~ MPPtoday When God shakes...start making your choice
God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks onto the stage the play is over.
God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else - something it never entered your head to conceive - comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left?
For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not.
Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
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