Saturday, January 4, 2014

Day 4, January 4

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is my salvation.  Therefore with Joy shall he draw water out of the wells of salvation."--Isaiah 12: 2 and 3

I have a confession to make:  Isaiah is not one of my favorite writers in the Bible.  His words are frequently high above my limited understanding.  When someone in church quotes Isaiah, I often tune out.  (And isn't that a sad commentary?)

But these particular scriptures resonate within me, perhaps because I am more consciously searching for ideas about and understanding of joy.  If God truly is my salvation, then I need not fear.  Though the world appears to be crumbling around us, I can remain safe in my belief in God.

Joy for the day:  acceptance that God is my salvation.

2 comments:

  1. I love the imagery of drawing water out of the wells of salvation with joy. Knowing what we know, and believing what we believe, how can we not have joy?

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  2. That's a wonderful scripture. I often tune out as well.

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