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Daily Devotion: Isaiah 49:15-16

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Isaiah 49:15-16      "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.  (16)  Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."

I begin with this question set forth by God, "Can a woman forget her sucking child?"  Is it possible? I find it hard to believe it is possible, but I also know the depths of human depravity could bring it about. But with God, it is an impossibility for Him to forget one of His little ones. I find great comfort to know my Heavenly Father will never forget me. Though I have given Him reason to do so, He has promised. HE has promised! "I will not forget thee."  Not only will He not forget me, but He will never stop loving me. Let me bring in two other passages of Scripture to cement that thought into our hearts and minds. "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." (Jeremiah 31:3) And then we read the words of the Apostle Paul, "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,  (39)  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)   We read in the book of Zechariah, "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends." (Zechariah 13:6)  By faith, what can we see in His hands beside those wounds, covered by His blood?  "Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."  My name, and your name, is always in front of Him. Understanding the depth of His love for me, how can I not do my very best to love and honor Him?

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