He NEVER leaves...

Cathryn’s blog yesterday couldn’t have been more right now. You see, she spoke about never being alone, and for me, right now, that hits home. You see, I am HIS people... I am HIS... YOU are HIS PEOPLE, YOU ARE HIS… and I have spent time pouring over this within the Word…

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

¹ "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and who seek the LORD :
Look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

² look to Abraham, your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was but one,
and I blessed him and made him many.

³ The LORD will surely comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
her wastelands like the garden of the LORD.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

⁴ "Listen to me, my people;
hear me, my nation:
The law will go out from me;
my justice will become a light to the nations.

⁵ My righteousness draws near speedily,
my salvation is on the way,
and my arm will bring justice to the nations.
The islands will look to me
and wait in hope for my arm.

⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment
and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
my righteousness will never fail.

⁷ "Hear me, you who know what is right,
you people who have my law in your hearts:
Do not fear the reproach of men
or be terrified by their insults.

⁸ For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
the worm will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,
my salvation through all generations."

⁹ Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength,
O arm of the LORD;
awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.
Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced that monster through?

¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made a road in the depths of the sea
so that the redeemed might cross over?

¹¹ The ransomed of the LORD will 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.

¹² "I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mortal men,
the sons of men, who are but grass,

¹³ that you forget the LORD your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?

¹⁴ The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.

¹⁵ For I am the LORD your God,
who churns up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD Almighty is his name.

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth
and covered you with the shadow of my hand—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,
and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.' "

I can’t read it without sobbing. You see, people will say what they want, they will do what they want. However, their words and actions hurt. People come into our lives, remain for a while, hurt our hearts and leave, without even thinking twice. However, HE never leaves HIS people…

I love what He says in verse 7: DO NOT FEAR THE REPROACH OF MEN OR BE TERRIFIED BY THEIR INSULTS. . . MY RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL LAST FOREVER AND MY SALVATION THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.

I keep sobbing and reading and he says - Was is not me who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? Well, I guess if HE can do that, He can surly handle my junk... Even in the midst of all our junk, HE never leaves…

Regardless of what junk we have in our lives and regardless of what people come and go, one thing remains… HIM and HIM ALONE! I couldn’t love HIM more for just sticking around! Remember, we are NOT alone! You are NOT alone. I am NOT alone! Praise Jesus!