It may sound glib but we were never promised that living the Christian life was going to be easy. The reality is that life challenges for us may be no different than for people who claim no allegiance to our God! This chapter conjures up in the mind's eye some disturbing scenes: forests shaken by the wind, smouldering stubs of firewood, tearing apart, plagues of flies and bees and fear of briers and thorns.
However, the big difference for us as God’s people is that we have God’s promises, His resources, His grace and His word so we need never fear!. A sign was given to Isaiah that a virgin will give birth to a son and his name will be Immanuel meaning God with us.
The prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus and so when we trust we can enjoy the privileges of being joint heirs with Jesus, and through God’s Holy Spirit we have the mind of Christ and we can do everything through Christ who strengthens us.
Recognise Immanuel today and experience God working in your life.
Colin Clark
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"Immanuel"; "God with us"; "incarnation". These words often trigger a chain of thoughts for me which end with the challenging truth that we, Christ's body on earth, continue to incarnate God through our lives.
One tiny candle can light a huge, dark room. We may think what can I do? I'm just one person, but we have God on our side. He wants us to be bold, to get out there and do the work He has assigned to us. I pray we may all hear His calling for us today.
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