The Lord Be With You Today!
Isaiah 66:19-20a
"I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive
(In the Lord's provision of salvation, in His great mercy,
the sign of the Resurrection, the sign of His great love, the sign,
that He sets in the midst of His righteous judgment of mankind
is a promise that those who have accepted His salvation will survive
the judgment He has just described in His earlier declaration.
He says He has a purpose for these,
that they will be sent on a mission from the Lord Himself.
We know that the Lord has work for us to accomplish today,
work that accomplishes His loving design for our lives.)
to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans
and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece,
and to the distant islands that have not heard of My fame or seen My glory.
(The Lord's mission for His people is to spread the Good News of His salvation,
of His mercy, of His grace, of His forgiveness and great love,
to all the peoples of the world so they will know the glory of the Lord,
Who is Himself the King of glory, a message that conveys the glorious news
that God has delivered to them and, today, to us.)
They will proclaim My glory among the nations.
And they will bring all your people, from all the nations,
to My holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—
on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the Lord.
(This Old Testament version of the Great Commission tells us we have work to do.
The Lord calls us to walk out the Great Commission that Jesus Himself later gave us,
and our greatest offering to the Lord of glory
is to bring before Him a great caravan of pilgrims,
men and women of every tribe, of every nation, of every economic class,
who have received forgiveness, who have given their lives to Christ,
and who are disciples of the Living Lord.
Today, "all the nations" for us simply begins with the world around us,
and we have the high privilege of carrying to them
the divine message of hope from this King of glory.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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