30/08/10

Lord our Redeemer

Isaiah 54:7,8 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In 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.


There are scriptures like what we received today, which bring great hope and joy into our lives. In our day to day lives we keep struggling against ourselves and difficult situations set by this world. We keep asking, when will this end? Will this ever end?

Today's message gives the answer. Like I told you the scriptures are just awesomely rich in all aspects. The languages which the Lord used to get His Word written down also had purpose in His plan.

There are two Hebrew words which I will take up from today's message which give us the answer. One of them is 'forsaken' and the other 'Redeemer'.

We need to study the grammar of these words to get our answers.

Forsaken (8804) - Qal <08851>, Perfect <08816>
Qal - expresses the "simple" or "causal" action of the root in the active voice.
Perfect - expresses a completed action.

Redeemer (8802) - Qal <08851>, Participle Active <08814>
Qal - expresses the "simple" or "causal" action of the root in the active voice.
Participle Active - Active form of the participle. Participle represents an action or condition in its unbroken continuity, and corresponds to the English verb, "to be" with the present participle. It may be used of present, past or future time.

Now when we understand the grammar of these words we also understand the events of our lives and know what to expect in the future.

The scripture says even when the Lord had forsaken us; it was in a casual way of the Lord. We were not instantly consumed. Events happened one after the other and we lived through. But the Lord says to us who are reading this message today that, that 'forsaking' is complete and over. Today we can write into our lives a new chapter and new day, our God is no more going to forsake us.

The grammar of the word 'Redeemer' also tells us how the Lord is going to turn around our lives. He says we are not going to see a magic like all things solved in a day. Heaven is not going to open and Angels descend to solve all our problems. He says it will be casual, every day in our lives we will see changes. These changes will be noticeable but not by people who are not attentive to see the Hand of God doing it. This redeeming process the Lord says will not stop but will be continually.

Come what may we can put our trust in the Lord and He will not disappoint us because we have receive our promise today.


[ Prayer Starter ]
Lord God, there were times when You hide you Countenance form us, but even during those times your mercy held us. Today, Lord we rejoice to receive your promise of a change in our lives. You speak to each one of us and commit a continual change in our lives. No more are we going to be depressed for our God is our Redeemer. Help us Lord that we keep holding to this promise and receive it completely into our lives...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.


[ Reference Scripture ]
Isaiah 54:6-10
6 For 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.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In 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.
9 For 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.
10 For 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.

Genesis 9:8-17
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow [Holy Spirit] in the cloud [glory], and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud [glory] over the earth, that the bow [Holy Spirit] shall be seen in the cloud [glory]:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

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