The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 66:15-16
See, the Lord is coming with fire,
and His chariots are like a whirlwind;
(Even as the Lord comes to His people in a loving and nurturing way,
even as a mother tenderly loves and embraces her child,
He also comes in the fire and whirlwind
of great power and righteous judgment.
Today, we can be thankful that He chooses to interact with us
with both of these parts of His personality,
His love to comfort and assure us,
and His judgment to discipline and mature us.
The Lord's coming at the end times
will be a fire that consumes everything in His path.
He also comes to us today with the fire of a swift and powerful chariot
sweeping through like a mighty, roaring windstorm,
sweeping away everything in its path.)
He will bring down His anger with fury,
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
(In the same way a fire destroys what it touches,
the Lord's righteous anger destroys evil.
He chastises and rebukes any falseness within both His people
and those who refuse to accept His salvation and redemption.)
For with fire and with His sword
the Lord will execute judgment on all people,
and many will be those slain by the Lord.
(The Lord gives us a vivid picture of His complete and just judgment
on the people of this world.
He has first offered us His gift of salvation,
pleading with us to accept His great gift.
When people refuse the only way by which we can be saved,
He makes a final decree that metes out His righteous judgment.
Today, we can be thankful He has already begun His work of judgment in us
which gives us freedom in Him and in His assurance
that He overcomes the forces of darkness in our lives.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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