The Lord is Always with You

 “The Lord will guide you always; he willsatisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. Youwill be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”Isaiah 58:11

After the book of Psalms, Isaiah has the most chaptersof all the books in the Bible. And there’s some hard reading there. Lots of prophecyand history and things we struggle to understand because so much of it seems soforeign to us.

 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do notbe dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I willuphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10

It shouldn’t be that hard, but I sure don’t have the knowledgeto understand it. But I do know that it contains some amazing verses.  

 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trustand not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;he has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2

As you may have heard, I’ve been compiling a 40-daydevotional of how to deal with pain, by turning to the Bible for answers andrelief. A lot of the verses I’ve included in this book come from Isaiah.

 “Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you.Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.” Isaiah 33:2

Some mornings I wake up and need to recall these lines,as my pain is still not completely gone.  

 “He gives strength to the weary andincreases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:29

But I need to hang in there and continue to turn mytroubles over to God. He has got this, and one day my troubles will be over. Oneday your troubles will be over too.

 “The past troubles will be forgotten…See,I will create new heavens and a new earth.” Isaiah 65:17