17When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Isaiah 41:17-20
Every night I crawl into bed, turn on my Christmas lights over my bed and think on the day, just before my head starts swirling with dreams, there is a war. A war between my flesh and my faith in the Creator. I can choose in these few lasting moments before the day comes to a close to trust Him with tomorrow and next year or succumb to the worrisome killer of faith that is my flesh. God lets nothing slip by, leaves nothing half-done, and brings nothing in our path he has not already designed a way over, through, around, or out of. He's just that BIG and that GOOD and that UNSTOPPABLE.
Before your eyes close tonight and tomorrow and next week, choose to trust him. You will wake up, God-willing, with the steadfastness of his love to get up, walk on, and keep believing that He's already won the war. He's victorious and in some crazy way, we can be, too.
