The Verse of the Day

-September 10, 2010-

Good morning, happy Thursday,

-God Carries Us From The Womb To The Tomb-

“Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.”

(Isaiah 46:4).

What a wonderful God we have! He with us all the way on the journey of life from the womb to the tomb. All through the years, all through the tears; from the beginning to the end. He is the eternal God who is without beginning or end.

The Israelites had a beginning in Egypt and God delivered them from Pharaoh and all Egypt and took them through the wilderness to the Promised Land. God carried and delivered them, and He carries and delivers us as well.

God loves His people so much and honors them even when they are old and gray haired. God takes of His aged saints much better than the world does. He sees them as wise, mature, and godly. The gray head is a sign of respect and honor. The world relegates the elderly to nursing homes and sees them as less needed and desired by society. They are put out to pasture as one would old horses.

Psalm 92:12-14 says, “The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing.” The Ancient of Days is with us all our days. God has no retirement age for His servants.

We can all thank the Lord that He has carried us thus far. He has promised to be with us, and to never leave us nor forsake us. In the poem, “Footprints,” the man had a dream and saw two sets of footprints most of the way in the sand, but noticed at the lowest and saddest times of his life there was just one set of footprints. When he asked the Lord about it, the Lord replied, “My precious, precious. Child, I love you and would never, never leave you. During your times of trial and sufferings when you saw only one set of footprints, that was when I carried you.”

This world is not our home, nor our final destination, heaven is. We can’t wait to go home. Then our journey and work on earth will be done. We then be able to rejoice in how God carried us through and delivered from so many things. But we don’t have to wait until the end of life to reflect on what God has done for us. We should do it now.

So whether we have just begun the Christian journey or we have reached more than the half way mark, we thank the Lord for all He has done for us and what He will do for us.

Have a blessed day on the journey carried by the Lord and delivered. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean