Let The People renew Their Strength Devotion- Isaiah 40 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. Who hath wrought and done it, [calling the generations from the beginning?] [ I THE LORD, the First, and with the Last; I am HE.] The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. They - helped - every one his neighbour; and every one *said* to his brother, BE OF GOOD COURAGE. So the carpenter *encouraged* the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the [seed of Abraham my friend.] Thou whom I have taken from the -ends -of the earth,- and called thee from the chief men-- thereof, and said unto thee, --Thou art my servant; -I have chosen thee,-- and NOT cast thee away.-- FEAR thou not; for I am with thee: be NOT dismayed; for I am thy God: [I will Strengthen thee; yea,-- I will HELP- thee; yea, [ I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.] Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; -and they that strive with thee shall *perish.* Thou shalt -seek them, -and shalt NOT find them, even them that *contended* with thee: they that *war* against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. *For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP THEE. FEAR NOT, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I WILL HELP thee, saith the Lord, and *thy *redeemer,* the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. -Thou shalt fan them, --and the wind shall carry them away,-- and the whirlwind shall *scatter them:*-- and thou shalt -rejoice-- in the Lord, and shalt GLORY in the Holy One of Israel. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will NO Tforsake them. *I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. *I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel HAT CREATED IT. Produce your CAUSE, saith the Lord; -bring forth your *strong *reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and *shew us what shall happen:* let them shew the former things,* what they be,--- that we may consider them,__ and KNOW the latter end of them; or [declare us things for to come.] *Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, DO GOOD OR DO EVIL, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. *Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: [an abomination is he that chooseth you.] I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the [rising of the sun shall he call upon my name:]and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, ---that we may say, He is righteous? --yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, ---there is NONE that declareth, yea, there is NONE that heareth your words. The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth GOOD tidings. For I beheld, and there was NO man; even among them, and there was NO counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Behold, they are ALL vanity; their WORKS are NOTHING: [their molten images are wind and confusion.] [Reading of Isaiah 40: 1-27] Glory to God in the highest for his holy Word of life for me. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. St. John 14:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Exodus 1:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 1:2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10: 31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, journey along as I bring you daily inspirations and the Bread of life of the Word of God for our Spiritual FOOD. Man shall not live by bread alone. *And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee { -know- } that- [ man doth -not -live -by -bread =only, but by every *word -that -proceedeth -out -of -the -mouth *of -the -Lord -doth -man -live.] (*Book of Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 3) -------- JRO -Jennifer Roberts Author, Composer_______Prepare ye the way of the LORD. 09--27--2013 But the end of all things is at hand, be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer… 1 Peter 4: 7 Share and bless others with the blessed Word of God. Let the people renew their STRENGTH. The JOY of the LORD is my strength. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job 34:21 But the end of all things is at hand, be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 1 Peter 4:7 #Renew your strength with the LORD, Jesus good news gospel of peace.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:05:37 +0000
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