The Lord Has Comforted His People

Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.”

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.

Your sons shall make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste shall go away from you.

Lift up your eyes, look around and see; all these gather together and come to you. As I live,” says the Lord, “you shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, and bind them on you as a bride does.

“For your waste and desolate places, and the land of your destruction, will even now be too small for the inhabitants; and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

The children you will have, after you have lost the others, will say again in your ears, ‘The place is too small for me; give me a place where I may dwell.’

Isaiah 49:13-20

God knows exactly what you are facing today. Isaiah reminds us that God’s knowledge of us is so intimate that it is as if our names were written on the palms of His hands. We may sometimes neglect the needs of others, even those who are closest to us, but God is aware of every detail of our lives. And He has given His spirit to guide, to comfort, and to strengthen us.

Think of the challenges you face at this moment, and then write these words beside each one as a reminder of His faithfulness and care” “For this, I have Jesus.”

Life takes on perspective in the light of Christ.

Our Daily Bread – October 23, 2015