{"id":25561,"date":"2023-03-14T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/isaiah-34_1-17-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T21:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T04:26:16","slug":"isaiah-35_1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/isaiah-35_1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Your Desert into Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isaiah 35:1-10 \u00a0 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Isaiah 35:1-10.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Isaiah 35:1-10 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom;
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the\u00a0LORD, the splendor of our God.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there,
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and the ransomed of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-10:\u00a0 Isaiah paints the picture of a desert becoming a place of joy, glory, refreshing and healing, where \u201c[t]he burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs\u201d (v7)), where the lame leap and the mute shout for joy (v6), and where streams flow in the desert (v6).\u00a0 For those of us who struggle with fear, verse 4 can be especially comforting.<\/p>\n

What event is Isaiah referring to when he paints this picture?\u00a0 Ultimately this is a picture of what heaven is like.\u00a0 It is also a picture of the everlasting kingdom that Jesus Christ will establish on earth when He comes again one day.\u00a0 But in the meantime, praise God that it is possible for us to have partial foretaste of this joy, glory, refreshing and strength.\u00a0 That happens whenever we seek God with a humble heart and spend quality time in God\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

Maybe for you life feels dry like a desert right now.\u00a0 This passage encourages us to know that\u00a0God can take our deserts and fill them with His glory (v1-2), strength (v3-6a), refreshing (v6b-7a), fruitfulness (v7b), holiness (v8), and joy again (v10).<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Praise God that when<\/strong>\u00a0we come humbly before Him, trust in Him and ask Him to fill our lives, God gives us the ability to turn our dry valleys into places of springs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Father, thank You that You can take the desert that I\u2019m in and turn it into a place of springs.\u00a0 I ask You today to do that.\u00a0 Come and let Your glory, strength, refreshing, fruitfulness, holiness and joy fill my life as I trust in You.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Isaiah 35:1-10.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Isaiah 35:1-10 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom;
\n2\u00a0\u00a0it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the\u00a0LORD, the splendor of our God.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
\n4\u00a0\u00a0say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”<\/p>\n

On verses 1-10:\u00a0 Isaiah paints the picture of a desert becoming a place of joy, glory, refreshing and healing, where \u201c[t]he burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs\u201d (v7)), where the lame leap and the mute shout for joy (v6), and where streams flow in the desert (v6).\u00a0 For those of us who struggle with fear, verse 4 can be especially comforting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25564,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561\/revisions\/25564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}