If you ever need scripture that will make you smile, well...the Bible is full of it. Lol- But, this morning I read Isaiah 55. It brought over me a feeling of peace and joy.
I won't quote the entire passage but when I got to verse 12, I have to say it gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Isaiah 55:12 says, "You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!" This made me giggle as I had a visual of the mountains and trees joining together in praise and worship time to the Lord.
Isaiah 55 has a long list of promises from God and His invitation into salvation. There is verse after verse telling us how God provides and takes care of us. He shows unfailing love to His people. The Lord is inviting us into His way of living.
So many times we get wrapped up in what we can't do as the Lord's children. We look at it as a burden to stay out of sinful living. When we stumble into sin, we beat ourselves up and feel less than worthy to serve God.
The Lord wants a relationship with us. He wants to love on us and show us His charm and peace. Our Father wants to hold us and shower us abundantly with all the good things of this life. He knows that we will fail and that we will stumble. Jesus was sent to die for us because of this.
Our sin has been covered in the blood of Jesus. Oh salvation! That doesnt give us a green light for sinful living but daves us from death. Sin can come between us and an intimate relationship with God. He wants to clean us of sin, rid our lives of the bad so we can join the mountains and trees in praise. The closer we get to Him, the further we want to be from the wicked. Maybe there is something in your life that is sinful or something in your past that was sinful. Ask God for forgiveness and give it to Him. Turn from it. Start living the way that pleases the Lord.
Just picture yourself singing in a chorus line with mountains and trees. If that doesn't make you smile nothing will.
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