The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 62:11
The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth:
(Wherever we are, no matter what's going on in our life,
even at the edge of our world where the hardship in our life
has almost pushed us over the edge,
wherever we are in our life's journey,
wherever we are in our need, wherever we are in our desperation,
wherever we are in our fear and hurt, He is calling us out, calling to us!
His Voice calling to us will be heard.)
"Say to Daughter Zion, 'See, your Savior comes!
(The Lord is directing His message to His beloved city, His Jerusalem,
and today we, too, are that Daughter Zion, that beloved city.
He is talking to us, so we need to put our name here in this address.
The Lord wants us to know He is our Savior Who has come to our rescue
and that He is right here, right now, and has come as a Savior
because He intends to save us!)
See, His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.'"
(Just as a warrior shares the spoils of victory with his army after the battle,
the Lord carries with Him the rewards from the plunder of our battles
and distributes the treasures to us from the battles He has led us through.
He also wants us to know that He is our very great reward
and that His salvation and redemption and freedom and release
and hope and mercy and love are gifts He has for us.
Another meaning from the line is that,
since the Lord has waged war for us and on our behalf,
we are His reward because He has sought us out,
has captured our heart through His pursuit and love,
and has fought the enemy on our behalf.
All of us whom He has redeemed are His recompense, His payment, His reward,
for all His great and awesome sacrifice,
and because He has paid the price to redeem us, He carries us with Him.
Because we have been in His plan and in His heart from the beginning,
we actually accompany the Lord as He reaches out today to us and others)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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