PrayerBits for Thursday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Thursday

Scripture lesson: Isaiah 43:16-21 An inverted Exodus

Time to Reflect: After reminding the people of the defeat of the Egyptians at the sea during the Exodus, Isaiah points them to a future of another miracle – when the dry desolate wilderness, rather than the sea, will become a place of salvation but salvation of preservation rather than destruction. This salvation event occurred with the return from Babylon, but we believe that it also occurred, once and for all for all people in the Christ event.

Moving Through the Day: Give God thanksgiving for salvation.

Scripture:  

 16 This is what the LORD says—
       he who made a way through the sea,
       a path through the mighty waters,

 17 who drew out the chariots and horses,
       the army and reinforcements together,
       and they lay there, never to rise again,
       extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

 18 "Forget the former things;
       do not dwell on the past.

 19 See, I am doing a new thing!
       Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
       I am making a way in the desert
       and streams in the wasteland.

 20 The wild animals honor me,
       the jackals and the owls,
       because I provide water in the desert
       and streams in the wasteland,
       to give drink to my people, my chosen,

 21 the people I formed for myself
       that they may proclaim my praise.