The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 65:18
"But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create,
(The Lord has just declared that, in His new creation for and in us,
He will cause us His people to forget all the former things
that separated us from Him, the former hardships
and heartaches and hurts and failures.
Rather, He reminds us here to rejoice,
no matter what our present circumstances,
from a deep place of peace and satisfaction
because of His assurance about the life and the world He creates for us,
because of the truth of His Word,
and because of His victory that has overcome the world.
He reminds us that His peace and joy are not momentary or fleeting,
but that, because of Him, they abide forever
and are forever available to us.)
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy."
(Our joy and peace are represented by the city that God gave His people
as the place where He would dwell, as the place where He could be found.
The Hebrew words used here for Jerusalem refer to a foundation of peace,
a firm foundation of the peace that passes all human understanding.
That's what the Lord is gifting to us.
And the people He calls into that special place of His presence,
into that foundation of peace in Him,
are a delight both to Him and to us
as we stand in relationship with Father God
and as we form for each other a community of relationship.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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