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November 21 - Isaiah 50 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. Sean here.
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  Lovely to have your company. Thank you for inviting me into
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  your day. I wonder what you've got on
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  today. Is it a big day?
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  Is it a quiet day? Is it just a day that feels like
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  it's one in a long line of days that all feel very similar?
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  Whatever your day holds for you or has held for you, I'm so glad
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  that for this moment you and I can put down whatever life is
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  throwing at us. And we can come before our God
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  to hear words of faithfulness and promise as spoken all those
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  years ago through Isaiah. Today we continue with the theme
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  of God telling His people that he will restore them.
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  He will restore them to their land so they can be prosperous
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  just as they once were, but this time hopefully with their hearts
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  attuned to their God. So join me, friends, as we read
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  together. Isaiah, Chapter 50.
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  This is what the Lord says. Was your mother sent away
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  because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my
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  creditors? No.
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  He was sold because of your sins, and your mother too was
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  taken because of your sins. Why was no one there when I
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  came? Why didn't anyone answer when I
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  called? Is it because I have no power to
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  rescue? No, that is not the reason, for
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  I can speak to the sea and make it dry up.
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  I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
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  I dress the skies in darkness, covering them with clouds of
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  mourning. The Sovereign Lord has given me
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  His words of wisdom so that I know how to comfort the weary
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  mourning. By mourning, He wakens me and
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  opens my understanding to His will.
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  The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me and I have listened.
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  I have not rebelled or turned away.
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  I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those
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  who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from
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  mockery and spitting. Because the Sovereign Lord helps
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  me. I will not be disgraced.
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  Therefore I have set my face like a stone, determined to do
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  His will. And I know that I will not be
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  put to shame. He who gives me justice is near.
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  Who will dare to bring charges against me?
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  Now where are my accusers? Let them appear.
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  See, the Sovereign Lord is on my side.
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  Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed
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  like old clothes that have been eaten by moths.
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  Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant?
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  If you are walking in darkness without a ray of light, trust in
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  the Lord and rely on your God. But watch out you who live in
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  your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires.
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  This is the reward you will receive from me.
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  You will soon fall down in great torment.
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  Lord, you have given us abilities and giftings so that
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  we can stand firmly on our own feet and we can have agency in
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  this world around us. But please, as Isaiah urges us,
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  let us never forget that it's when we stand in Your grace,
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  when we lean on your stability, when it's you that is our
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  foundation, that is when we are able to achieve great things.
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  Thank you that you love us and that you draw us in and you
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  provide for us. Just tune our minds to always
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  see it as your provision and not our own cleverness, as your
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  gifting, and not our own reward for our own brilliance.
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  We love you and we are so grateful for all the things that
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  you bless us with and we place you firmly in our sights as the
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  giver of all these good gifts. And we pray all these things in
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  Jesus name. Amen.