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, I am with you. The waters will
not rise above the strength that only I bring forth in your life. Oppression
will only strengthen and refine you. When you advance through the rivers of
difficulty, you will not drown. I will be your haven—your safe harbor. Whatever
your sorrow or pain, it will not last forever. Whatever your heartbreak or
despair, it will be over one day. You will not be burned up. You will be
refined as gold.
At my altar, you discover my peace. My peace comes when you repair the
altar that has been waiting far too long. Oh child, it has been broken in
stages! Have you believed you had more pressing needs than spending time with
me? Have you placed me last so often
that now I seem too far beyond your reach? My altar is a place of sacrifice and
obedience. It waits for you. It calls you. Oh, if only you had fallen upon my
altar each day! It would not have taken this moment of crisis for you to
realize your fragile state and that peace could be so elusive. But here you
are, and in this moment, you realize you need me.
My altar always waits for you. It has
never grown tired of your absence. The promise of my love and peace is still just
as real. Fall upon your knees in absolute surrender. The anguish you know right
now will soon anticipate my promise of peace. Come to me, and grasp my promise
that “weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm
30:5b NLT).
© 2018 Lynn Lacher
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