The Lord Is Looking For You
I have an absolutely awesome scripture to share with you from the Amplified Bible today. It is one that I go back to periodically and confess and meditate. It is so beautiful and so rich and so full.
Isaiah 30:18, Amplified Bible
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His joy, and His matchless unbroken companionship]!
I want you to look carefully at this verse. What promises it holds for all of us as God’s children!
The Lord earnestly waits for us. That means He is intensely looking for us, longing to be with us, expecting to see us so that He can pour out His grace on us. Grace is His favor given to us without working for it or deserving it. It is just a gift because He loves us. He is passionately desiring to be with us, to fellowship with us, to commune with us as His children. We are children of the Almighty God. Let that sink into your being. You are God’s child, if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior. This is absolutely remarkable!
Why does He do this? He is a God of justice. He watches over His kids. He takes care of us. He protects us. We don’t have to retaliate when we are treated unjustly. Our Father will take care of it for us. Man, what a deal!
He is exalted; He is the great God. The great God Who is exalted has mercy on us and shows His loving-kindness to us. He is pouring forth Himself all the time for us. It gives Him the greatest pleasure to love us and have mercy on us, to pour out His grace all over us. I like this overflow! How about you!
And then look at this: We are blessed; blessed are those who wait for, expect, look for and long for Him. People envy us because we are so happy and so fortunate to be God’s children. We are to expect and look for and long for Him and His victory, His favor, His love, His joy and His companionship.
So here we are----with Him comes victory, favor, love, joy and companionship. He is all those things to us. We have victory in the midst of the storm. We have His favor surrounding us and going before us, making a way for us. We have His unconditional love forever. He have His joy to be our strength wherever we are and whatever we are doing. And last, and foremost, we have His fellowship, which will never be broken and is matched by no one else in our lives.
What a great God we serve! I guess you can tell that I have typed myself happy. Enjoy your Lord! He certainly enjoys you!
Isaiah 30:18, Amplified Bible
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His joy, and His matchless unbroken companionship]!
I want you to look carefully at this verse. What promises it holds for all of us as God’s children!
The Lord earnestly waits for us. That means He is intensely looking for us, longing to be with us, expecting to see us so that He can pour out His grace on us. Grace is His favor given to us without working for it or deserving it. It is just a gift because He loves us. He is passionately desiring to be with us, to fellowship with us, to commune with us as His children. We are children of the Almighty God. Let that sink into your being. You are God’s child, if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior. This is absolutely remarkable!
Why does He do this? He is a God of justice. He watches over His kids. He takes care of us. He protects us. We don’t have to retaliate when we are treated unjustly. Our Father will take care of it for us. Man, what a deal!
He is exalted; He is the great God. The great God Who is exalted has mercy on us and shows His loving-kindness to us. He is pouring forth Himself all the time for us. It gives Him the greatest pleasure to love us and have mercy on us, to pour out His grace all over us. I like this overflow! How about you!
And then look at this: We are blessed; blessed are those who wait for, expect, look for and long for Him. People envy us because we are so happy and so fortunate to be God’s children. We are to expect and look for and long for Him and His victory, His favor, His love, His joy and His companionship.
So here we are----with Him comes victory, favor, love, joy and companionship. He is all those things to us. We have victory in the midst of the storm. We have His favor surrounding us and going before us, making a way for us. We have His unconditional love forever. He have His joy to be our strength wherever we are and whatever we are doing. And last, and foremost, we have His fellowship, which will never be broken and is matched by no one else in our lives.
What a great God we serve! I guess you can tell that I have typed myself happy. Enjoy your Lord! He certainly enjoys you!
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 3:30 PM
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