The Voice of Forgiveness, And Deliverance

Isaiah 40:1  

"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."

     God 's voice is ever speaking to us; let us heed to it. There is the voice of  "Forgiveness,"  "Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins," (Is. 40:2). Are you truly saved? Have you put away your sin? Have you meekly accepted the chastening rod? Then be of good cheer, this promise is for you. The time of hard service is accomplished, your iniquity is pardoned. God speaks comfortably to your heart, that you may be able to comfort others as He does you, "Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God," (2 Co. 1:4). 

    The voice of "Deliverance,"  "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain," (Is.40:3-4). Between Babylon and Canaan lay a great desert of thirty days’ journey with mountain ranges, and wide open gulfs. But when God arises to deliver His children, “who cry day and night unto Him,” crooked places straighten out, rough ones become smooth, and mountains disappear. The precepts, promises, and invitations of the gospel are as sure as God’s throne, "But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you," (1 Pet.1:25). 

Amen!

Reading: (Is. 40:1-8)

Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry