It’s True

Isaiah 35:1-10

Even the wilderness will rejoice, in those days.  The desert will blossom with flowers.  Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy!  The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel’s pastures and the Plain of Sharon.  There the LORD will display His glory, the splendor of our God.

   With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees.  Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.  He is coming to save you.”  And when He comes, He will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf.  The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will shout and sing!  Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the desert.  The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.  Marsh grass and reed and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.

   And a main road will go through that once deserted land.  It will be named the Highway of Holiness.  Evil-hearted people will never travel on it.  It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there.  Lions will not lurk along its course, and there will be no other dangers.  Only the redeemed will follow it.  Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return to Jerusalem, singing songs of everlasting joy.  Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness.  (NLT)

     The hope and encouragement that this Scripture brings to those of us who believe that the Bible is God’s inerrant Words of Truth is priceless.  Because, in this fallen world that breeds nothing but hopelessness and death, this 2,000 plus year old message from God can light up the deepest darkness and bring life to the dead and lifeless.   The Lord our God, the King of the Universe, is coming soon my friends, to rightly claim what is His and disregard all that is not.  Since God’s Word is His Truth, we have no time to waste in sharing this Good News.   Jesus brings Light where there is darkness, and life to those who are dying.  Christ Jesus is the Hope for everyone who is searching for something more than death, who are struggling just to survive, and hoping for some blessed peace in their life.  This encouraging and wonderful Hope that we find in our Lord God and Savior, is the only Hope that will guide us safely Home with joy in our hearts and a smile upon our faces.  Come Lord Jesus!

                                A Whisper of Hope

I AM the Truth…and when you believe in Me and all that I have written down for you, and when you obey My commands, you will have a glorious new and everlasting life, in a glorious new and everlasting body, in a glorious new and everlasting Home.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-4

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly,

like a thief in the night.  When people are saying, “All is well; everything

is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall upon them…And there will

be no escape.  (NLT)

                      

                And He who sits on the throne said, 

        “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He 

     said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 

                             (Revelation 21:5)