‘In
returning and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your
strength, but you would have none of it. You said, “No!”’ (Isaiah
30:15-16). Lord, You want to bless us. You want to be our ‘salvation.’
You want to be our ‘strength.’ How do You bless us? How do You become
our ‘salvation’? How do You become our ‘strength’? We must want Your
blessing. We must want Your ‘salvation.’ We must want Your ‘strength.’
We must return to You and rest in You. We must quietly listen to Your
Word, putting our trust in You. There is no ‘salvation’ without
‘returning and rest.’ There is no ‘strength’ without ‘quietness and
trust.’ You, Lord, do not force Yourself upon us. We can say, ‘No! I
will have none of it’. You want to bless you. Help us, Lord, to say,
‘Yes, Lord! I want You to be my salvation. I want You to be my strength.’
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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