God Will Keep His Promises !!
Isaiah’s national call for repentance is so urgent that even his personal call and commission to prophetic office must wait until chapter 6. The task set before Isaiah is an unenviable one, for God promises from the start that the people will be spiritually deaf & nearsighted. But armed with confidence in his Immanuel, Isaiah begins to declare harsh words from on high in the courts and palaces of Judah.
Lord, we trust You Keep Promises: The Lord spoke again to Ahaz saying: Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God… Then Isaiah said: Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (Isa 7:10-14)
Lord, thanks for Keeping Promises. Thank You that You also provides signs to help us understand that You keep promises. Your faithfulness fills me with inner peace. But I may not sense your presence despite the promise You’re always with me. Encourage me and sustain me in a very real way. And I thank You for the promise that one day I will dwell with You forever. Amen.
Lord, forgive me for seeking outward signs rather than being drawn into closer communion with You. Your Word says: Though heaven and earth may pass away, You are the same yesterday, today & forever; and I am yours. Nothing can change that fact. May You take pleasure in me and be glorified as I trust in You. Amen.
Lord, forgive us for seeking signs as indications of Your direction and as a basis for our faith in You. We realize that You God intends to nurture in us a faith and a trust that don’t require external support. Help us develop the kind of faith that rests solely on Your character, especially that of your Faithfulness. But Lord in your tender mercies, please do not test us beyond what we are able to bear. Amen.