“When
you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers
of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned
up; the flames will not consume you. ”
(Isaiah 43:2, NLT).
Through
any distress and loss that you face, He is with you. The waters will not rise
above the strength that only He can bring forth in your life. Oppression will only
strengthen and refine you. When you advance through these rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown. He will be your haven—your safe harbor. Whatever your
sorrow or pain, it does not last forever. Whatever your heartbreak or despair,
one day it will be over. You will not be burned up. You will be refined as
gold.
His
peace comes when you repair the altar that has been waiting far too long. It
has been broken in stages as His call to fall upon your knees has been repeatedly
ignored. Have you believed you had more pressing needs than spending time with
Him? Have you placed Him and His call on the back burner so often that now He
seems too far beyond your reach? His altar is a place of sacrifice—and it waits
for you. It calls you. Oh, if only you had fallen upon His altar each day! It
would not have taken a moment of crisis for you to realize its fragile state,
and that peace could be so elusive. But here you are, and in this moment you
realize what you have lost.
The
altar waits for you. It has never grown tired of your delay. The promise of His
love and peace is still just as real. Fall upon your knees in absolute
surrender. The anguish you have felt will soon anticipate His promise of joy to
come. Grasp His promise that “weeping may last through the night, but joy comes
in the morning” (Psalm 30:5b, NLT). And remember His strongest children are those
who in the night of weeping—after leaving their pain upon His altar—confidently
believe in the promise of joy in the morning. Come and repair what has been
broken.
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