November 15 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Isaiah 54:1-10:

¹Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
²Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
³For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
⁴Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
⁵For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
⁶For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
⁷For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
⁸In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Devotional

God is gracious and merciful. He has loved us with an everlasting love. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." He has made a covenant of peace with us. And this covenant is an everlasting covenant. It stands firm. Nothing can destroy it. God's loving-kindness shall never depart from us. It stands firmer than the everlasting hills. Is there any thing on earth that stands firmer than the mountains? Their foundations are laid deep down in the earth, and they reach thousands of feet into the sky. Things round about them are changeable and they perish. The centuries come and go. One generation follows another, but the mountains remain. There they stand in all their majesty, silent witnesses to God's might and faithfulness. Yet, even they shall depart. But God's faithfulness and loving kindness shall abide for ever and ever.

What a comfort to the children of God! If our salvation depended on the faithfulness of man, there would be no hope for us. But God is unchangeable, and his Word abides for ever. "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." So in all our trials, temptations, and sorrows, and even in the hour of death, we may be assured that God's grace is sufficient for us. The Lord that has mercy on us, hath spoken it.

Prayer

Eternal God and Father, we thank Thee that Thou hast made an everlasting covenant of grace with us and with our children. If our salvation depended on our faithfulness, we would be lost for ever. But Thou art faithful, and Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and for ever. So we rest in Thee. For Jesus' sake. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Jer. 31:3; Rom. 5:8; Gen. 49:26; Mal. 3:6; 2 Cor. 12:9.

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