The Desert Shall Rejoice

Jesus is the great hope of Isaiah.  The Lord gathers and restores.  I love the imagery of Isaiah 35:1, that a desert will rejoice and blossom.  Yes, this prophecy may be fulfilled in the Saints' populating the Intermountain West, but I have also seen it fulfilled in the desert of my heart and the hearts of so many others who now rejoice and blossom because of Jesus Christ.

"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."
Isaiah 35:1

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Therefore Will the Lord Wait

"And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."

Isaiah 30:18

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The Potter’s Clay

We are so often like little children who have no idea how much their parents do for them, but complain about the smallest things like having to take a bath, eat their dinner, do their chores, share with a sibling, etc.  May we strive to remember that we are the potter's clay, and not the Potter.

"Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
Isaiah 29:16

But I love the hope in this promise...

"But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.  They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine."
Isaiah 29:23-24

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A Sure Foundation

Jesus Christ is our foundation, a sure foundation that will not fail us.  If we build on anything else, it will crumble.

"Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste."
Isaiah 28:16

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He will swallow up death in victory

As I get older and face more physical challenges as well as lose family and friends whose mortal journeys have ended, I take great comfort in knowing that Jesus Christ has overcome death.

"He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces"
 - Isaiah 25:8

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