Devotional: We are not home yet: Isaiah 25

Devotion for: Tuesday November 5

Devotion By: Daniel Harrison called by God to be an evangelist!

OPENING:  An appropriate beginning to each day is to remember your baptism and say the words “In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY: Isaiah 25:7,8: 7On this mountain he will destroy
 the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations; 8  he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.

A BRIEF THOUGHT ABOUT THE LESSON: For today we live in a land that is not our home, we live amongst a people who do not follow God and we are in disgrace. In the US we may forget this but daily those who follow Christ face persecution for the name of Christ. Perhaps that day is not as far away as we think. Even now we all face the pain and suffering of this world. Our hope is that the Lord’s day is coming the future and home we long for in God. In Isaiah here it talks about the mountain or the place where we will be with God and God will make all things right. God will take away the disgrace and persecution from his people who stood for Christ. God himself will wipe away every tear from our eyes acknowledging the pain we have been through allowing us to enter our home with him where we will be without sorrow.

QUESTIONS TO PONDER:  Do we think about the suffering and disgrace our brothers and sisters in Christ face everyday around the world? How can we be faithful with the freedom we have to worship God perhaps by encouraging and praying for our brothers and sisters around the world? Are we setting our hopes in this world or in our real home with God?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us a hope and a future. May our whole lives bring praise to you. Amen. (Ephesians 1:11-12)

A BLESSING TO GIVE: May you be given the wisdom and understanding that come from the Holy Spirit, so that you grow to know God better. (Ephesians 1:17)

MEALTIME PRAYER: Lord, as we await our home in heaven, bless our home on earth. As you fill our stomachs with food, please fill our hearts with faith. Amen.