Monsy Mathew,
Randolph MTC, NJ
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In that
day you will say: "I will praise you, LORD. Although you were angry
with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. —Isaiah
12:1
Sin separates us from God. But if we repent and seek for
forgiveness from God, He forgives us. In Isaiah 6:5–7 we can read that
Isaiah is guilty of having unclean lips. And when he cried, his guilt was
taken away, later in Chapter 12 we can see that Isaiah was comforted by
the Lord. We need to repent and seek forgiveness from God and man,
in the areas where we are guilty of disobeying the Ten Commandments. And
when the Spirit testifies that we are forgiven, we must tell others about
our salvation. That we can understand from two Bible passages here below.
Jesus Christ said in a parable, “Or suppose a woman has
ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house
and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls
her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have
found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in
the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” —Luke
15:8–10
Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here
and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated
anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus
said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man,
too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the
lost.”—(Luke 19:8–10)
Isaiah had also struggled for his salvation as all
believers do. And when Isaiah found comfort from the Lord, he is filled
with gratitude to the Lord. And that is what the Lord our God desires from us. Isaiah is a role model, like we
are supposed be, “Lighted to Lighten”.
Accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and
confessing our faith in Him, is a part of our salvation.Romans 10:10
says, For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and
it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You
for sending Your Son Jesus to save us. Please help us to receive power through
the Holy Spirit, so that we may witness the hope of salvation we have
received through Your Son, and that we may be able to Glorify Your name. In
Jesus name we pray, Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
There
is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person, and it can never be filled
by any created thing. It can only be filled by God, made known through
Jesus Christ. —Blaise Pascal