Title: How to Find Rest and Renewal In This Weary World?
Text:
Isaiah 49:14-16 (HCSB)
14 Zion says, "The LORD has abandoned me; The Lord has forgotten me!"
15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.
16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.
Observation:
Is the source of rest and renewal in religion or relationship? I find in the Word of God the only reliable source of rest that you can depend upon.
This morning I read Isaiah 49. In it I found rest and renewal for my soul, and fresh bread to start my day.
It was refreshing to read words like these: "The Lord called me before I was born", "He named me while I was in my mother's womb", "I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God is my strength", and "I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation".
Wow! What a mighty God we serve; He loves His people with an everlasting love. How comforting are these words, "I, Yahweh, am your Savior".
Is this almighty God your Savior? If so, you can find in Him rest and renewal for your tired and weary soul. This is His personal invitation to you.
Matthew 11:28-30 (HCSB)
28 "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Prayer:
Father God, Sovereign Lord, I bow low at Your feet, and give You the glory that only You deserve.
Father, I rest in the knowledge that You are a faithful God, and a promise keeping God. Father, I'm so grateful for the peace, provisions, and power that You give Your people to live the overcoming life in our walk through these wicked and weary times in this present world.
Father, I thank You for being a good Father, and the promise that the best is yet to come for Your children. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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