Ever wonder why the Lord reaches down and rescues us from ourselves? Or from our enemy? Or from some natural disaster? Here is the answer:
He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my distress, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out to a spacious place. He rescued me because He delighted in me. (vs. 17-19)
You know how a bridegroom looks at his bride when she walks down the aisle. She is the only things he sees. Standing there nervous with his groomsmen when the music plays and the bridesmaids finally station themselves at the altar, the groom sees her in white for the first time walking toward him on the arm of her father....and we all cry because it is just so beautiful. That look of delight is what the Hebrew word means here. Chaphets. To have pleasure in. To desire. He rescues us because He desires to be with us, like a groom with his bride. He rescues us because He is one with us and we with Him. He knows us in an intimate and protective union. He rescues us because He is in love with us.
Nations will see your righteousness and all kings, your glory. You will be called by a new name that the Lord's mouth will announce. You will be a glorious crown in the Lord's hand and a royal diadem in the palm of Your Lord. You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate. Instead, you will be called My Delight Is In Her, and your land Married. For the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married. For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. And as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. (Isaiah 62: 2-5)
The picture is obvious, then, of a God who sees one His very soul loves in trouble and crying out for rescue. He cannot help but stand up, reach down,and, in fire-breathing anger, take care of business. You are His beloved and He is yours. What touches you touches the apple of His eye. We are one with Him, as Jesus said, so He is feeling with us in our pain or troubles.
I am watching my beloved father-in-law drawing his last breaths today. At 97, he has grown weak from so many days on this earth. His Father is calling His beloved home. Soon Dad will conquer the one last enemy of his life - death. He will be rescued from this battle. Beside Dad in his bed is his Savior, laboring with him to breathe, walking with him through the valley shadow of death to bring this sweet man into a fulness of life he has never known. For even if the rescue for us is death, it is sweet victory because our Lord awaits us there to consummate our love, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my distress, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out to a spacious place. He rescued me because He delighted in me. (vs. 17-19)
You know how a bridegroom looks at his bride when she walks down the aisle. She is the only things he sees. Standing there nervous with his groomsmen when the music plays and the bridesmaids finally station themselves at the altar, the groom sees her in white for the first time walking toward him on the arm of her father....and we all cry because it is just so beautiful. That look of delight is what the Hebrew word means here. Chaphets. To have pleasure in. To desire. He rescues us because He desires to be with us, like a groom with his bride. He rescues us because He is one with us and we with Him. He knows us in an intimate and protective union. He rescues us because He is in love with us.
Nations will see your righteousness and all kings, your glory. You will be called by a new name that the Lord's mouth will announce. You will be a glorious crown in the Lord's hand and a royal diadem in the palm of Your Lord. You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate. Instead, you will be called My Delight Is In Her, and your land Married. For the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married. For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. And as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. (Isaiah 62: 2-5)
The picture is obvious, then, of a God who sees one His very soul loves in trouble and crying out for rescue. He cannot help but stand up, reach down,and, in fire-breathing anger, take care of business. You are His beloved and He is yours. What touches you touches the apple of His eye. We are one with Him, as Jesus said, so He is feeling with us in our pain or troubles.
I am watching my beloved father-in-law drawing his last breaths today. At 97, he has grown weak from so many days on this earth. His Father is calling His beloved home. Soon Dad will conquer the one last enemy of his life - death. He will be rescued from this battle. Beside Dad in his bed is his Savior, laboring with him to breathe, walking with him through the valley shadow of death to bring this sweet man into a fulness of life he has never known. For even if the rescue for us is death, it is sweet victory because our Lord awaits us there to consummate our love, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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