Read all of Isaiah 35:
“[3]Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. [4]Say to those with anxious heart, take
courage, fear not. Behold, your GOD will
come with vengeance; the recompense of GOD will come, but He will save you.”
Isaiah is painting an incredible picture of the coming
day of salvation. GOD will come giving
sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, the lame will walk, and the mute will
speak. JESUS fulfilled this prophecy as
He healed the blind, the deaf, the lame and the mute. But another Advent is coming when MESSIAH
returns and brings eternal healing.
There will be no more sorrow, no more tears. We experience incredible JOY at JESUS’ first
coming as He has brought literal healing, but even more importantly, He has
brought spiritual healing. Most will not
see the truth in that statement. It
seems to most, literal, physical healing here and now is more thrilling that
JESUS’ eternal healing of our soul. That
is unfortunate. One day there will be
only gladness and JOY unspeakable for ever more.
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| I picked this one up in Kenya in 1999 |
JESUS’ coming on Christmas Day is good news for a
broken and hurting world. It is good
news for my brokenness, pain, and suffering.
I rejoice in JESUS’ healing of my soul here and now! Yet, I eagerly await His second advent, when
there will be no more tears and no more sorrow.
As I remember His first arrival on Christmas Day, I truly long for His
second . . . “washed and waiting” . . . “living between the Edens!”
Greatly anticipating JESUS coming . . . on Christmas
Day . . . and soon forever!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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