‘To the far and to the near’, Lord, You speak Your Word of ‘peace’
(Isaiah 57:19). Christ is Your Word of ‘peace’ (Ephesians 2:13-14).
Christ is
for ‘the Jews’. He is for ‘the Gentiles’. There is one way of
salvation. Jesus Christ is our Saviour. Help us to put our ‘faith’ in
Him. It's through Him, Lord, that we have ‘peace with You’ (Romans
3:29-30; Romans 5:1). Your Word
invites us to ‘call upon Your Name and be saved’ (Isaiah 58:9; Acts
2:21). We thank You that, in Christ, there is true ‘joy’ - ‘I delight greatly in the
Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments
of salvation...’ (Isaiah 58:14; Isaiah 61:10). We rejoice in Jesus Christ. He is ‘the
High and Exalted One.’ He has come from His ‘high and holy place.’ He
has become ‘Emmanuel’, ‘God with us.’ He is our peace and joy, our
Saviour and our God’ (Isaiah 57:15; Matthew 1:21, 23; John 20:28). Thank You, Lord, for Jesus. He's such a great Saviour.
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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