Unfailing Love - Spirit Rest

Prayer – Lord - Lord God, give us a desire to think and learn. Please endow us with wisdom and insight from You that in gaining spiritual insight we would gain the Kingdom of Heaven. 

I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love. I will praise the LORD for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love. He said, "They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again." And he became their Savior. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years. But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them. Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, "Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people? Where is the one whose power was displayed when Moses lifted up his hand—the one who divided the sea before them, making himself famous forever? Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling. As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led your people, LORD, and gained a magnificent reputation." Isaiah 63:7-14 (Underlined for emphasis.)

 

Meditate. Unfailing love. 

 

Jesus on the Cross.
The Ultimate Sacrifice.
Unfailing Love.

Do you know Israel’s Jewish history? God chose one man, Abraham, and his wife, Sarah, to be the beginning of God’s chosen people—to bless them. Abraham was seen as a righteous man—living right and probably seeking God in his own way before religion had even been established. From that one couple generations of chosen people have lived and died, more numerous than the stars in the sky…just as God had promised Abraham and then his son, Isaac, and his grandson, Jacob. God loved those people…and still does with an unfailing love. Throughout history they don’t “deserve” God’s love, but He lavishes it on them anyway. Isaiah, as a prophet, wrote in the focus passage today, that he would rejoice and praise the Lord for all that He has done. Even when the Israelites turned their back on God, rebelliously rejecting His love and power, God continued to love them…sending prophet after prophet to get them to repent and change their ways. Then God sent His only Son, Jesus, to be a sacrificial lamb, not only for the Israelites, but for all of mankind. Jesus came to earth from heaven to be a sacrifice—once for all. Jesus demonstrated His unfailing love, not only to the Jews but also to the Gentiles.

 

Unfailing love is listed in the Blue Letter Bible, Strong’s Lexicon as kindness, goodness, mercy, lovingkindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, and reproach. Isaiah wrote that he would tell of the Lord’s unfailing love. The Spirit of the Lord gave rest to these people. Have you experienced the Lord’s unfailing love and rest? Have you told others about God’s unfailing love for you, for them—and your relationship with Him?

 

Verses of Salvation ~ Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. James 1:19-21

 

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