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Daily Devotion: Isaiah 43:8-12

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Isaiah 43:8-12      "Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.  (9)  Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.  (10)  Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.  (11)  I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.  (12)  I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God."

We still are under the direction of Isaiah 42:1 which says, "Behold my servant..."  The more we see Jesus, we should be brought into a state of humility. Peter wrote to the saints that had been scattered, "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." (1 Peter 1:18)  I have never seen Jesus with my eyes, but by faith I know He is with me every step I take. I have felt His hands upon me. I have experienced His opening of my eyes of enlightenment as I have read His Word. I have heard wonderful things proclaimed from the Word of God by great men of God.  I know what I was without Jesus and I know who I now can be through Him. I have many things of which to witness of His grace, love, and power in my life. He has brought me from the darkest pit to the highest pinnacle.  By God's grace, I know there is no other name under heaven and among men whereby we must be saved.  He declared salvation through His Son, Jesus. Jesus accomplished that salvation through His shed blood. "It is finished."  I praise His name and give all glory and honor unto Him.  Besides Him, there is NO SAVIOUR! I want to be like the man who was healed of legions of demons. Jesus told him, "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." (Mark 5:19) That is what I declare unto you today. My Lord has done, and still is doing, great things in my life!  I praise His Holy Name!

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