‘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.’
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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