Day 206

Isaiah 48:12-52:12. “Who’s Forsaking Who”

         “Be strong and courageous! …the LORD your God will go ahead of you.  He will neither fail you nor forsake you” (Deut. 31:6).  Joshua and the Hebrews who were about to enter the Promised Land found great comfort in those words.
         After floating around in the ark for a year I would imagine Noah could have wondered if God had forgotten about them.  After 70 years in captivity apparently some of the Jews felt God had forgotten about them (prophetically declared).  God’s reply was, “Never!  Can a mother forget her nursing child?  Can she feel no love for a child she has borne?  But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!  See, I have written your name on my hand” (49:15).
         Will God forsake us?  No.  Can it feel as though He has?  Yes, but it’s not coming from His direction.  Perhaps the feeling comes from discipline we are enduring like the Jews, or from a lack of patience and trouble resting in God’s timing, or most likely from the fact that we have put God on a back burner.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?