Verse of the Day 2/21

Verse of the Day 2/21

Isaiah 46:3-4

English Standard Version

3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,

    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;
4 even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save.

Through the ages people have liked rescue stories.  The Old Testament is full of them going back to Exodus (and earlier)and the parting of the Red Sea, God's deliverence of His people from evil kings. The New Testament has many of Jesus miracles with healings and even raising Lazarus from the grave are all "rescue stories".  Today we have TV shows such as RESCUE 911 and Chicago Fire (among others) that commonly revolve around rescue.

It is part of who God is.  Jesus came to earth as a deliverer and rescurer. He knew the end of our stories from before we were born.  He is our rescue story, from the womb through childhood through today with our gray hairs on our heads.

There I was empty-handed
Crying out from the pit of my despair
There You were in the shadows
Holding out Your hand You met me there

[Pre-Chorus]
And now where would I be without You?
Where would I be, Jesus?

[Chorus]
You were the voice in the desert
Calling me out in the dead of night
Fighting my battles for me
You are my rescue story
Lifted me up from the ashes
Carried my soul from death to life
Bringing me from glory to glory
You are my rescue story

[Post-Chorus]
You are, You are
You are my rescue story
You are, You are

You are my rescue story.

Blessings,

Mike

Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Isaiah 46:3-10

English Standard Version

3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,

    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;
4 even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save.

5 "To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
    and compare me, that we may be alike?
6 Those who lavish gold from the purse,
    and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
    then they fall down and worship!
7 They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

8 "Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, you transgressors,
9     remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
10 declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, 'My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,'