Day 32: Desert Promises

Read: Isaiah 58:11

Isaiah 58 | NIV Bible | YouVersion


Listen to all the promises God has for your desert season found in this one verse!

            *He will guide you continually.

            *He will satisfy your desires in scorched places.

            *He will make your bones strong.

            *He will make you like a well-watered garden.  A well tended garden is filled with                              blooms and burgeoning fruit!  He will make you fruitful!

            *He will make you like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.  In other words, the                                water never runs out.  He will be your constant source and supply!

If that’s not enough to make you perk up and smile, I don’t know what is!  In fact, when I read it, I had to stop and have a little worship session.  The song that came to mind was “Yes and Amen” by Housefires.  The chorus says, “Faithful You are.  Faithful forever You will be.  Faithful You are.  All Your promises are yes and amen.” 

In other words, God ALWAYS keeps His promises.  We can depend on them.  We can know that He says “Yes” when we claim them.  We can praise Him with an “Amen” because He if God is anything, He is consistent.  He will never let us down or fail to keep a single one of His promises.

 

Listen: Yes & Amen (feat. Chandler Moore) | Maverick City Music | TRIBL - YouTube

 

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