SCRIPTURE: Isaiah (NIV) 41:17 “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18 I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. 19 I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, 20 so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
OBSERVATION: Why is God going to do what is mentioned in verses 18 and 19? It is His way of revealing Himself. He wants people to believe in Him, to know Him!
Why did God choose Israel? Because He wanted people to see what a blessing it is to be known as His people. When they acted like His people, living in such a way that the rest of the world would be able to identify them as people of the Living God, He blessed them. When they acted like they were not His people, He punished them.
APPLICATION: What a great benefit it is to live like the people of God! God, knowing us so well, knows that we cannot live that way in our own strength, so He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell within!
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, when I accepted the forgiveness Your Son, Jesus, provided for me by dying on the cross, I received eternal life. I now see that this eternal life is really eternal FAMILY life! I am now in your family! What a privilege to be a part of your family! Holy Spirit, help me to live as an honorable child of the Heavenly Father! Amen
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