Day 197 or July the 16th
total certainty with God
Our thoughts today come from Isaiah chapter 12 verse 2
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
Now the big picture surrounding this verse
Isaiah declares more truth about the glorious Messiah's kingdom that is to come
he then continues to condemn the mighty nation of Babylon a
superpower of that period who will finally succeed against God's people and
Conquer them with Nebuchadnezzar's army
Ironically Babylon is but a distant memory by the time Jesus is born
and
now today's action step
Whenever you try to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity you fall into the trap of splitting the Godhead into three
Father Son and Holy Spirit
It isn't really as easy as that
I think the best explanation of the Trinity that helps me at least is to think of the substance
H2O or water as it's usually called it can be solid and hard
It can be liquid and flowing and it can be gaseous and invisible
No matter which state it is. It's still H2O
It's similar with God and his triune existence
Father is God
Son is God and Spirit is God, but they are all distinct even though they are all God
Of course when we think of the father we think of him who has never left heaven when we consider the son
He is the one who left heaven and then returned
The Holy Spirit is he who left heaven to continue the work of Jesus and is still with us on earth today
I remember a Jew talking about God and saying God isn't his name. It's his job
When Isaiah considers the coming Messiah's kingdom
He attributes our salvation to God and our strengthening and security to God also
In the light of our knowledge of Jesus and the Holy Spirit
We could be more specific but in reality our God is our Father our Savior and our
Sustainer
Be sure to listen to day 21 again to receive this certain salvation for yourself