Week 30 July 23 - July 29

Day 1

King Hezekiah was terminally ill.  He was told to get his affairs in order.  He wept out bitterly to the Lord.  The Lord answered his prayers and gave him 15 more years.  However Hezekiah became proud because of his healing.  When the Lord does miraculous things for us we need to always be careful to not become proud but to give the praise to Him. 
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength   Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength  they shall mount up with wings like eagles;  they shall run and not be weary  they shall walk and not faint. 

Day 2

The Lord is the great I AM - The first and the last.  God says, Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed  for I am your God.  The Lord won't grow faint or be discouraged till He has established justice in the earth; the coastlands wait for His law.  I Am the Lord; that is My name; My glory I give to no other, nor My praise to carved idols. 
Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise from the ends of the earth.  Fear not for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine, I will be with you.  We are precious in God's eyes and honored by Him. He loves us.  We were created for His pleasures and to declare His praise.  He will blot out our sins and For His own sake He will not remember them. 

Day 3

The Lord has formed us in the womb and will help us.  We can say, "I am the Lords".  He speaks the truth and declares what is right.   The people bowed down to idols, idols made of wood.  He is the only one we should bow down to.  The day will come when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord.  God isn't equal to any other.

Day 4

I Am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.  If they had only paid attention to the Lord they would have had peace like a river, righteousness like waves of the sea, descendants like grains and their name would have never been cut off.  But God will restore His people.  
Sing for joy and exult, break forth with singing.  The Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted.  The Lord will never forget His children.  Behold I have engraved you on the palms of My hands. 

Day 5

The earth will wear out like a garment but the Lord's salvation is forever. He will comfort and cover us in the shadow of His hand.  How beautiful on the mountain are the feet of Him who brings good news, who publishes peace and salvation - our God reigns.    The Lord will go before you and will be your rear guard as well.  
Jesus was rejected and despised.  He bore our griefs and sorrows, He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities   It was upon Him the chastisement that brought us peace and with His wounds we are healed   All of us had turned and gone astray to our own way.  That sin was laid on Jesus and He died for all of us.  

Day 6

God will gather His lost people with compassion.  The Lords steadfast love will not depart.  No weapon formed against us will stand.  God tell us that His thoughts are not our thoughts and that His ways are not our ways.  His thoughts and ways are so much higher than ours.  We need to trust Him.  All words from the Lords mouth will not return empty, they will accomplish that which He purposed and will succeed in the way He sent it.

Day 7

The righteous man is taken away from calamity and enters peace.  The people would fast and call out to God but in their hearts they were wicked and treated others with wickedness.
If we call ourselves Christians then we need to be on the inside and out.  The thoughts of our hearts and our actions should be Christlike when we are alone, at home or among other people.  
The Lord's hand is not to short that He can not save, nor His ear too dull that He can't hear.  But our sin will separate us from God.  How can we get back close to Him if we do sin?  We must repent and change our way, look to Him for our help and strength.  If you are struggling with sin today get in His word.  Remember Gods word will always be and it will do what it sets out to accomplish.  

Happy Reading - Jeannie