God's Promises to Me

Isaiah 54 - The Future Glory of Zion (Chan)


God's promise/word to me...

1 "Sing, O barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,"
says the LORD.
2 "Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.

3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.

He has redeemed me, the past has no hold, nor will God cause me to be shamed as I step out into doing his will

4 "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

What a great reminder from the Word of God itself. And that God wants to be...

5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.

6 The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.

It's easy to focus on the abandoned part and miss the Deep Compassion part. Perhaps the brief moment is the "Your sins have hidden his face part", but Even Jesus was abandoned for a brief moment on the cross. And I probably struggle with this because of struggling with rejection. BUt God didnt reject me and I guess hid his face for a moment when we were choosing our sin over him, but because our hearts were right we desired him even in the midst of our sin so that HE will have compassion on us, our Redeemer

7 "For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the LORD your Redeemer.

Ok So it was rebuke, and God says he will not be angry with us again...

9 "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.

Here is my Shalom Asah (covenant of peace) - (Restoring/Rebuilding kind of Peace) - Promise from God for me. this scripture has been given me in my early growing days more than 1 time, so I know it's God speaking and I just gotta keep persevering cause God is not going to remove his covenant of restoring peace from me or stop loving me....

10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.


So true (not comforted) but so awesome, that God Himself will build me up. rebuild my walls, foundations with beautiful gems,stones. ALL my walls!


11 "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will build you with stones of turquoise, [a]
your foundations with sapphires. [b]

12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.

This is an amazing promise! That I claim, Yes Lord! That my children will have great peace! and That you would teach them Lord! And God is promising this

13 All your sons will be taught by the LORD,
and great will be your children's peace.

ThankYou Lord.... For establishing me in Righteousness but ALso protecting me from the Evil one.

14 In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.

Man and even if the enemy wants to attack me, becuase of you in me, they will surrender

15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

16 "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc;

YEAH! I receive this, claim this, believe this and thank you God that this is my heritage as your servant, That no weapon formed agianst me will prevail!

17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the LORD.

What an awesome chapter covering:
* Purpose and mission
* God's unfailing love and covenant of peace to me
* How he is going to rebuild and building up my life
* That he is going to look after my children and teach them and give them great peace
* And that he will protect me from the EVil one so that nothing the enemy plans against me will prevail.

Thank You Lord!

Chan