Promise #204 - Monday July 23, 2012

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Isaiah 58:7-8 WEB
7 Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.

Promise #204: If you share with the needy, My glory will guard your back.

God's heart is always for the poor and those who are in need. It is simply a foundational part of the heart of God. He protects the widows and the orphans. He says that the poor of this world are called to inherit the riches of His everlasting kingdom.

In this promise, God says that if we look after the needs of the poor and our own family, there are many benefits that will come our way. Our light will break forth like the dawn, healing will quickly appear, righteousness will go before us, and the glory of the Lord will be our rear guard. (NIV) I love how the NLT Bible says verse 8... ⁸ “Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind. (NLT)

God's heart is always for the underdog. He is always thinking of those who are need. When we really connect to the heart of our God and Father, we will share His concern for those around us. The stronger His heart beat becomes in us, the more we will share what we have with others and the more His glory will guard our back. May each one of us become more aware of the immediate needs of those around us today.
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Comments

[Natasha]

As usual, this is a wonderful post. I especially love this scripture and understand that it not only refers to those who are physically poor and cast out, but those who are poor in spirit. Sometimes it is easier to hand some money or food over to those in need but to ignore those in our own circle of influence who are hurting emotionally. A lot of times, this is manifested in ways that challenge our patience; an overly negative person who never has any good news, a grouchy complainer, a lazy person, or a "drama queen". Having been these people at times in my life, I know well that these are the symptoms of a person who is spiritually poor and desperately hurting inside. I believe God is saying in Isaiah that He will bless us when we step out of our comfort zones to accept those who are "poor" in this way, by extending those qualities of love that He provides: patience/long-suffering, humility, believing the best, slow to anger and quick to forgive, forgive seventy times seven, etc.