The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 46:11a
"From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose."
(God is foretelling the future deliverance of His people
from their Babylonian oppressors by telling them now
that He will summon forth a man from the East,
from Persia, modern-day Iran, whose name will be Cyrus,
whose later royal crest would be an eagle
and a man whose swift and fierce invasion
will fulfill what God has designated him to do to fulfill His purposes.
In a prophetic sense, the Scripture is Messianic.
As God calls His Son Christ Jesus to swiftly execute victory over the dominion of sin
and to accomplish our subsequent deliverance from the power of sin
by becoming our Savior and Lord,
Jesus swoops in from a far-off land with the power and fierceness of an eagle
to fulfill God's purposes for mankind.
For us today, our hope today is, first, that God sees us in our Babylon,
in our exile, in our great need.
To encourage us in the journey, He also promises us
that in His due time He will deliver us.
Then He calls forth deliverance, at times from quarters we couldn't even dream of,
just as He did for His people held captive by the Babylonians,
just as He did for us at Calvary.
Isaiah 46:11a
"From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose."
(God is foretelling the future deliverance of His people
from their Babylonian oppressors by telling them now
that He will summon forth a man from the East,
from Persia, modern-day Iran, whose name will be Cyrus,
whose later royal crest would be an eagle
and a man whose swift and fierce invasion
will fulfill what God has designated him to do to fulfill His purposes.
In a prophetic sense, the Scripture is Messianic.
As God calls His Son Christ Jesus to swiftly execute victory over the dominion of sin
and to accomplish our subsequent deliverance from the power of sin
by becoming our Savior and Lord,
Jesus swoops in from a far-off land with the power and fierceness of an eagle
to fulfill God's purposes for mankind.
For us today, our hope today is, first, that God sees us in our Babylon,
in our exile, in our great need.
To encourage us in the journey, He also promises us
that in His due time He will deliver us.
Then He calls forth deliverance, at times from quarters we couldn't even dream of,
just as He did for His people held captive by the Babylonians,
just as He did for us at Calvary.
As surely as God called forth Cyrus, as surely as God called forth His Son Jesus,
He still calls forth deliverance for us today.
He still calls forth release from bondage and release into His saving Presence,
and He does whatever it takes to bring about our rescue from that which oppresses us.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings,
Sally
513 254 3874
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings,
Sally
513 254 3874
