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Isaiah - Day 19

versebyverse | May 27, 2008 19:47

Scripture: Isaiah 1:19 (NIV): " 'If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;' "

Thought: To me, the mystery of the resistant heart and will of man is much less plumbed than many of the mysteries of God's ways.

Question: Have I become "willing and obedient" to God?

All God requires in order to drown us in blessing, is our cooperation. When the will of man is yielded up to God, all the goodness and blessings we ever craved will be opened up to us. When we obey His Word, "the best from the land" will be ours. Why do we hesitate?

God takes care of His own. "I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread"--Psalm 37:25 (NIV). The righteous are not forsaken. And the reference here in Isaiah to eating points out that God intends to meet all our basic needs--needs He created in us--when we are properly "aligned" with Him, that is, "willing and obedient."

Prayer: Good Father, help me to yield up my will to You. Help me to obey all of Your commandments. It is all for my best! Amen.