THAT WONDERFUL DAY

Isaiah 12:4-5 NLT 

 In that wonderful day you will sing:

“Thank the Lord! Praise his name!

Tell the nations what he has done.

Let them know how mighty he is!

Sing to the Lord, 

for he has done wonderful things.

Make known his praise around the world.

Sometimes we can be so bogged down with daily living and the circumstances we find ourselves in, that we forget we are living in that wonderful day! What wonderful day? 

V.1-3 NIV In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

These verses remind us that it’s the day of our salvation. It’s the day the Lord turned His anger away from us, when He gave us the way back to Him. He gave His own Son to pay for all our sin so it could all be wiped away at the Cross. That is a wonderful day for each one of us when we accept Jesus as our Saviour!😊 

Even on difficult days it says He is the God who comforts us. He reminds us we can drink from the well of His salvation with joy because we can draw out His peace and forgiveness, His grace and favour, His mercy, His great love, whatever we need.

If we don’t draw out of His well we shall be miserable but if we do draw on it He will put His joy in our hearts. Let’s draw out of that well today and sing His praises. 

“Thank You Lord! We praise Your name! You are so merciful, so forgiving. There’s no one like You, so mighty but so loving to each one of us. We sing to You Lord, for You have done wonderful things and we make known Your praise around the world.”😊 Amen.

UNEXPECTED SWEETNESS

Judges 14:8-9 NIV Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

We were out walking several weeks ago and we came across a diseased tree which they had cut down, and inside was this honeycomb made by wild bees which had long gone.

It was fascinating to think they had been happily making some yummy sweet honey in the middle of a decaying tree! As I thought about that I realised that we can look at some situations and think that nothing good can come out of them, but God is saying He can bring sweetness out of anything if we’ll trust Him.😊

Samson killed a lion one day and when he passed it by some time later, he discovered bees had made a honeycomb inside its carcass too! It seems bees can produce sweet honey in the most unlikely places, where you’d least expect it!

Maybe you have some things that look too far gone, or pretty bad. Take heart, because God who made the bees which make the honey, can certainly take your situation and bring sweetness out of it if we’ll believe Him to work His purposes out in the way He knows best.

Maybe it would be good to take a break and go and have some toast and honey.😊 And while you’re there ask the Lord to take whatever it is that has distressed and discouraged you, that looks as though nothing good can come out of it, and ask Him to make something sweet out of it for all concerned and for His glory. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x

(Please click photo to see honeycomb more clearly).