I'm thinking today of Isaiah 53 .1. Isaiah 53
.1, it says, Who has believed our message, and
to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Now, this chapter of Isaiah goes on to very,
in a very kind of detailed way, talk about the
coming of Jesus. And so it's a great prophecy
from hundreds of years before Jesus was even
born about the life, death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus. But here is Isaiah asking the question,
who has believed our report? And to whom has
the arm of the Lord been revealed? Now, I have
accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior,
and perhaps you have too. I hope you have. And
I know many that... profess to have accepted
Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and they
testify that the God of heaven did save their
soul, that he now lives in them, his Holy Spirit
lives in them. I understand that there are a
lot of variations of the way people live once
they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Some of them may not look to us like they are
even living for the Lord, that they even know
what a Lord is. The Lord is a person who tells
you what to do, and you do it. That being said,
Jesus has been revealed as the arm of the Lord,
and there are those who believe in Jesus who
are making a report of what they have experienced
with Jesus coming in to lead their lives. Jesus
is leading my life, and I love him, and I want
to follow him every day, and he leads me every
day. And if you're sharing your report, you might
ask this very same question. The bottom line
is, do you believe? Have you believed in the
report and seen the arm of the Lord revealed?
I hope you have.