GOD'S SALVATION AND COMFORT

Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.' “(Isaiah 12:2 NKJV)

This exquisite song of hope seems prepared, for the day when Jew and Gentile, gathered into one Church, shall stand on the shores of eternity with palms of victory. Here is the Song of Moses and the Lamb!

S alvation was peculiarly associated with the Feast of Tabernacles, which was the type of that consummation of God's purpose, which shall take place when His tabernacle is with men, and He shall dwell with them (Revelation 21:3). Do not fear, God is with us, as strength, song, and salvation. He shares our wilderness march; we are folded under the shadow of His tent; we are permitted to reckon on Him as our partner and companion. Notice the emphasis on the word my. The weakest saint can claim all needed supplies from God; and He admits the plea, saying: "Child, thou art ever with Me, and all that I have is thine" (Luke 15:31).

Unfailing supplies--"wells of salvation" (Isaiah 12:3). On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles the priests drew water in a golden pitcher from the Pool of Siloam, and poured it forth in the Temple, while the choir chanted this verse in memory of the rock water that followed the desert march. Every attribute of God, every means of grace, every helpful and loving ministry, and every promise of Scripture is a well, and faith is our pitcher (John 7:37).

But we must draw. Faith is the bucket, which we let down into the fullness of the divine supply. It is not simply the general belief that God hears and answers prayer, but the specific and particular belief that God has answered or will answer your prayer for some special needed grace, and that it is yours. Believe that you have received. Draw water out of the well!

"'Thou comfortest me" (Isaiah 12:1). There is no such comforter as God. "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." He is expressly described as "the God of all comfort." Is it not too much to ask that You should stoop out of Your high heaven to comfort me, whose heart is heavy with grief and whose eyes are red with weeping? He wipes the tears from all eyes, and restrains the very fountains of grief. "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." I shall yet praise Thee!

PRAYER

Make us to know, Heavenly Father, the riches of the glory of Your inheritance, and the exceeding greatness of Your power toward them that believe. Help me to so live that sweet music may come to You.  In Christ’s name I pray, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #169:
No weapon created for your harm will succeed against you.

Isaiah 54:17 (WEB)
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail;
and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment.