Three Simple Words

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this  is Today’s Living Word:

 

Isa 19:21 Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.  22 And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.

“In that day.” A day when the healing gospel of Christ comes to the Gentiles. (Let’s call them the Egyptians) A day when the Lord is rightly known and worshipped. The performance of a vow speaks of a desire to please the Lord through obedience and trust.

 

When the gospel is received, the Lord strikes the heart of the unbeliever and heals him immediately of his or her sin problem. He will be “entreated,” now there’s a word we don’t use every day! It means to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

 

In this case it is the sinner asking God earnestly to save them, and here in Isaiah, we see that God promises to do just that! What a beautiful portion of Scripture from Isaiah!

 

It is a promise to you dear sinner. A promise to you who have been living in Egypt. Living in a godless sinful world with no thought given to God. But now you have been shaken to the core. Your world is falling apart and no matter what you have done in the past or are doing now, God invites you to repent and believe the Gospel!

Cry out! Entreat the Lord with three simple words. “Lord save me!” And He promises to hear and heal. Jesus said in Joh 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

 

Cry out o bleating heart. The Shepherd will come to your rescue!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word