Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
July 26, 2023: SOAP #4983: Isaiah 46-49; 1Peter 5

SCRIPTURE:  Isaiah (NIV) 46:4 Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. 5 “To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared? 6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it. 7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry it…9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
1Peter (NIV) 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

OBSERVATION:  In Isaiah’s day, people were making gods out of gold, bowing down and worshipping them!!!  God had delivered them from Egypt, fed them in the wilderness and fought many battles for them!  God had even made promises to them!  How do you think God felt when His people ignored what He said and prayed to a lifeless idol that could not hear, see, or even think!!!  They wanted the idol to do what God has already promised He would do!!!  

Then, after Jesus had come to earth, lived, died, rose from the dead, and ascended back to heaven…after all that, Peter writes to the church, “Cast all your anxiety on Him! He cares for you!!!”  How do you think God feels when people ignore this promise and frantically look elsewhere for help?  

APPLICATION:  The Bible DOES NOT tell me to cast some of my anxiety; it says ALL my anxiety!  Any limits on this promise are limits I have placed there in my thinking and on my faith. 

When I have so many promises from God, why would I look to man and expect Him to meet my needs!   God is the Promise Keeper.  I need to know His promises!    

PRAYER:  Heavenly Father, forgive me for taking my anxieties elsewhere.  I am standing on your promises!  Amen

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