Topic:
God's Got It
Isaiah
41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee:yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
When you
read the above scripture, read it slow and read it at least three times with
the punctuation. I gave a lot of definitions in this post; I wanted to
hopefully bring the text alive, the way God had given it to me. I hope you will
be blessed by God's love in his scripture.
God says
fear not (fear is the absence of faith). Means do not worry, do not be afraid.
He could have placed a period and made it a final statement after “fear not”
but he continued.
He placed
a semicolon (;) which means there are two independent thoughts that aren't
separate enough to require a period.
The
reason we shouldn't have any fear is because God is with us.
God loves
us so much he wants us to really understand his point. Interestingly, The Lord still didn't add a period after that statement.
He added a
colon. A colon (:) means the writer is separating two thoughts to further
expand or illustrate the previous point. He wants us to understand this
point so much he further illustrates, to give us a vivid picture.
“be not dismayed”
God is saying
don't feel distress or stressed when something unexpected comes.
God is
saying don't look away as if you are looking for someone to help and you don't
know who is going to help.
Don't
look in bewilderment.
Don't
lose courage. Don't put your head down as if the fight is already over.
Don't give up.
Don't give in.
Don't have any doubt in his abilities.
God not
only doesn't want us to fear but he doesn't want us to stress over any issue
because he’s “got it”.
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God
doesn't stop with don't stress, he doesn't put a period yet, he goes on to say
that he is our God. He is our ruler.
He is our
Creator. He is Supreme to us.
He is our maker.
He is our Daddy!
He is
saying his name is on the line. He is our God. HE said he will
strengthen us.
Are you
having a day where things didn't go exactly as you expected?
Did
someone give you some news that left you feeling a little discouraged?
Were you
left thinking "really", "are you kidding", "You can't
be serious?", " unbelievable"!
Have you
had any of those moments recently?
You know
the saying "Be careful the company you keep" " you are who you
hang with"
When we
stay in God's company he transfers some of Him to us. When he strengthens us, he gives us more of him. The more we stay with him, the more we have of him.
God is the vine and we are the branch, we are connected to him, and all of our nutrients come from him.
All of our ideas, thoughts, power, & strength come from Him.
We have
access to the best secret service in the universe, the top Doc, the best
lawyer, and access to the World Bank.
We have
everything we need in Jesus. There isn't anything anyone, can say or do
to us, that Our God cannot handle.
He said
he is our God. He said he would strengthen us. Meaning he would give us good
courage, he would makes us stronger than before, he would establish us, he
would fortify us, he would confirm us, he would cause us to prevail!!
Isaiah
41:10
Fear thou
not; for I am with thee:be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God still
wasn't finished he goes on to say "yea".
Yea means
to introduce a stronger more accurate definition than the previous. God is
saying, if we didn't just "get it" “that I Got it” I am going to
emphasize it, and confirm it again, so we can further understand.
"I
will help thee" did you hear Him?
It's that
soft whisper when we are going through something and God says "I got it"
"I will help you"
"Give it to me".
We can't hear him if we are wailing,
screaming, pouting or worrying.
We can hear him when we get the news
and we look up to the hills, where our help comes from, listen, and wait.
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
When he
says he will help us he says "yea" again, as if he knew we needed
further confirmation.
He says
he will uphold us with the right hand of his righteousness. The right hand represents strength. It means the stronger more dexterous side.
God's strength is most powerful, even when we touch the hem on his garment we are healed (Mark 5:25-29). Not his garment, the hem attached to his garment. When God thinks, his thoughts appear. Our problems don't even need his strong side but he gives it to us.
He said
he would uphold us with his strongest strength. He could have said he was
simply going to uphold us.
To understand
his strength, he holds the water in all the earth in his palm (Isa 40:12).
God said
he is upholding us with his right hand, not just his palm, his strongest
hand.....means he is going to sustain us, keep us, maintain us, hold us,
support us, and he is going to retain us.
Fear thou
not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee;
yea, I
will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God
doesn't want us to worry because he is with us. He gave us a run-on
sentence to tell us, HE is all we need!
He wanted
you to know, fear not, don't be dismayed, don't stress or worry.
Repeat until
you believe and apply it.
God is
with me.
God will
help me. God will strengthen me.
God will uphold me.
Be
encouraged! God bless you!
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