‘Do
not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God, I
will strengthen you and help you… I am the Lord your God who… says to
you, Do not fear; I will help you… I Myself will help you, declares the
Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel’ (Isaiah 41:10-14). When,
Lord, we have something important to say, we repeat ourselves. We want
to make sure that our message gets across. We say, ‘Do you get the
point? Do you see what I mean?’ This, Lord, is what You are doing. Three
times, You say, ‘I will help you’.
You want us to get the point. You want to leave us in no doubt.
You want us to be sure of this: ‘I will help you’. You don’t want us to
go around thinking, ‘I wonder if God will help me?’ You really do want
to help us. You say it once. You say it twice. You say it three times:
‘I will help you’. Thank You, Lord.
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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