August 4: Isaiah 48:12-19
Key Verse: Isaiah 48:16
Draw near to me; hear this! From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it came to be I have been there. And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.
Devotion:
As I am relaxing at the end of my 'day off' as a person who works from home, I had this passage pop up in my YouTube plays suggestions. So I naturally sat down and went through it a few times as the person explained, in their mind, just who is speaking to us through these words.
Isaiah was a great prophet who was very in tune with God and on many occasions he told us what God was telling him; this being one of those times. A passage which is pure, looking forward, backward and in the here and now for us to unpick.
For me this is one of those occasions when God reminds us, through Jesus, that he alone is God, but in the full Trinity and not just God the Father, God the Son or God the Holy Spirit. All three working together as one for our benifit, written so many years ago before we even get to see Jesus walking amongst human beings.
But we can look back to Genesis and see Jesus talking to us. We can look at the Gospels and hear Jesus talking to us. And we can look at Revelation to find otu what Jesus has in store for our futures.
Points to ponder:
How often do you think of God being a historical entity?
How often do you look at God as being in three parts and with us constantly every day!