Verse of the Day 8/22

 

Verse of the Day 8/22

 

Isaiah 12:2-3  "Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the Lord God is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation."

³ With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.  English Standard Version (ESV)

 

The other day we considered the Great Commission  in Matthew 28 to go, make disciples, and baptize them.  We also considered how baptism is making  a public declaration  of what God has done for us, bringing  a change in us, molding us into who He  would have us to be.

 

Today's verses come from  the  Old Testament  book  of Isaiah and "just came up" in my Old Testament reading.  The prophet is making  this  Old  Testament declaration, pointing  to God and as we see in many of his  writings, pointing  to the  Savior  who is  to  come,  Jesus.  The verses bring us through some  important  steps, actions of faith.  Declaring  that God is  his  salvation, pledging  trust and not  being  afraid during  times of trouble, relying  on God for  strength, acknowledging that  he  is holding  onto God, showing that God  provides deliverance.  It leads to joy being drawn from that bottomless,  never ending  well.

 

I'm reminded of the  song  "Spring Up O Well":

 

I've got a river of life flowing out of me

Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see,

Opens prison doors, sets the captive free.

I've got a river of life flowing out of me.

 

Chorus:

Spring up, O well, within my soul.

Spring up, O well, and make me whole

Spring up, O well, and give to me

That life abundantly

 

Will you declare today what God has done  and  is  doing  for you?  Draw from  that well, may it spring  up in  your heart and  your soul to produce that  abundant life.

 

^{Isaiah 12:3-4} Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water
    from the wells of salvation.
And as you do it, you'll say,
    "Give thanks to God.
Call out his name.
    Ask him anything!
Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done,
    spread the news of his great reputation!  The Message

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

Mike

 

Isaiah 12:2-4The Message (MSG)

² "Yes, indeed—God is my salvation.
    I trust, I won't be afraid.
God—yes God!—is my strength and song,
    best of all, my salvation!"

^3-4 Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water
    from the wells of salvation.
And as you do it, you'll say,
    "Give thanks to God.
Call out his name.
    Ask him anything!
Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done,
    spread the news of his great reputation!

 

 

 

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