PEACE FLOWING LIKE A GENTLE RIVER

I LOVE what the verse I’m about to type says! If I looked even a tiny bit better than I do right this second, I would read it to you. But no, you get it typed out! You know how I love reading it out loud with emphasis. You will have to do this for yourself this morning:

“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow. Oh, that you had listened to My commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea” (Isaiah 48:17b-18, NLT).

I don’t know about you, but I want to listen to what God has to say to me. He is the only one who knows what is good for me. He is the only one who knows the paths I should follow. I’m going to sit at His feet and listen to what He has to teach me. When I make poor choices and do things that aren’t good for me, or when I’m unsure of the paths I need to take,it indicates that I’m not abiding. It tells me I’m not in His presence and I’m not in His word.

If you and I will listen and follow we will have peace flowing like a gentle river! Is that not the most incredible word picture? Peace flowing like a gentle river inside of us! We can have that. All we have to do is obey what He teaches us and follow where He leads us.

When we do, peace will flow inside of us like a gentle river. There will be no more stress, no more anxiety, no more fear, no more guilt, no more shame.

Instead of shame and guilt, righteousness will roll over us like waves in the sea. It will just come again and again and over and over.

Who would not want that? I certainly do. I can’t fathom that you wouldn’t. “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!”