“(Listen intently) unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by Me from the womb, which are carried from the womb. 4. And to even your old age I am He, and even to gray hairs will I carry you: I have made and I will bear, even I will carry, and will deliver you. 5. To whom will you liken me, and made me equal, and compare me, that I may be like.”
When I see a personal message to Israel in the Old Testament I take it personally as referring to you and me. Here is what I found: God wants us to remember Who and What He is in our lives. In our case, because of Jesus we have been born again. It was His gift to us. (vs. 3) WE BELONG TO HIM! As Paul wrote: “You have been bought with a price.” In verse 5, God reminds us that He is the only God; there is no one, or nothing to which we can compare Him. He is the Lord of our lives. God will be with us. We need not wonder whether or not He will abandon us. From the time that we were born again, He promised to be with us. Jesus promised that when He ascended to the Father, He would (and does) send the Holy Spirit to guide us in every aspect of life. He is not just a part of our lives; He is the integral part of our lives. I read about an old time preacher who said: “I run from God, and He catches me.” Depend on it; depend on Him. God will carry us. In verse 4 He promises: “And to even your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs will I carry you.” I am sure that you have seen the painting of the “footsteps in the sand.” There were places in the path where there were no footsteps. When asked why, Jesus said: “That was when I was carrying you.” To put it in our southern vernacular: We are His children and He picks us up and totes us. I have found in my life that where there were no footprints, He had carried me through a very rough time. God will deliver us. In verse 4, He promised that He would “carry (us) and deliver us." We need to write it on our hearts, and stamp in our brains that Jesus is in the deliverance business. He delivers us through, under, over the various problems that we encounter in life. He just wants us to look to Him, accept His deliverance, and thank Him for it. Take this promise personally and enjoy the reality of it in your life. Bro. Joe
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