“Look To God and Be Saved”

Father God, I am believing for this reading to touch someone’s heart today I thank You and love You in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

“Look To God says And Be Saved” This is basically all and all. YHWH is the only God, and that He alone is the author of light and darkness, of peace and of adversity. He raises up kings and nations, and he throws them down. Yahweh was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age. Cyrus in Isaiah Chapter 45 is called God’s anointed; he was designed and qualified for his great service by the counsel of God. The Gate Babylon which led to the river, were left open the night that Cyrus marched his army into the empty channel. God is rewarding Israel for obedience and punishing Israel for disobedience. God pours out salvation and blessings on those whom He favors. God brings judgment on those who continue to rebel against Him. “Woe to him who quarrels with his Master” I always liked this chapter, because it directly affirms right and wrong that is so simple to walk in this life. But it is hard in the minds of those that are confused or just use stinking thinking. The gift of the mind that God has given us is as powerful as His. It is the way we use it whether it is difficult or easy to comprehend. I have 3 security cameras in the front yard. I have one in the back yard on one screen. When it starts to rain. It will be raining on 3 screens, while it is not raining on the other screen. Hmm pretty cool. That means the cloud on one side is raining and the cloud on the other side is not raining. So, the clouds are totally different. Not one cloud is exactly the same. God created everything and every person to be unique.

“God Calls Cyrus”

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten? ’or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’” Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands? It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host. I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.” This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’” Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting. For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens, He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right. Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. Speak up and present your case, yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? WHO announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By Myself I have sworn, truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance. Surely, they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame. In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You that in spite of man and woman’s rebellion and sinfulness, You did not withhold Your offer of repentance and You made the way to receive Your offer clear to us, through the mouth of Your holy prophets. Thank You that the truth has gone out to the far corners of the earth, that Your offer of repentance will not be revoked nor Your righteous judgement withheld. I praise You and thank You that Your invitation to turn to You for salvation remains open today, and that all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved in Jesus Name. I praise You and thank You for the many that are turning from idol worship to the true and living God even today, it is still the age of grace, I believe that many would come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that many souls would be removed from eternal damnation, by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
For the heart of this people has become dull, with their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes, otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and return, And I would heal them.’ Matthew 13:15