{"id":5099,"date":"2014-03-05T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2014-03-04T19:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T03:56:16","slug":"god-will-take-care-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2014\/03\/05\/god-will-take-care-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"God Will Take Care of You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lift up your eyes and look around;
\nthey all gather together, they come to you;
\nyour sons shall come from far away,
\nand your daughters shall be carried on their nurses\u2019 arms.
\nThen you shall see and be radiant;
\nyour heart shall thrill and rejoice,
\nbecause the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you,
\nthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
\nA multitude of camels shall cover you,
\nthe young camels of Midian and Ephah;
\nall those from Sheba shall come.
\nThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
\nand shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.
\nAll the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you,
\nthe rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
\nthey shall be acceptable on my altar,
\nand I will glorify my glorious house.
\nWho are these that fly like a cloud,
\nand like doves to their windows?
\nFor the coastlands shall wait for me,
\nthe ships of Tarshish first,
\nto bring your children from far away,
\ntheir silver and gold with them,
\nfor the name of the Lord your God,
\nand for the Holy One of Israel,
\nbecause he has glorified you. (Isaiah 60:4-9)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is hard to see our lives from God\u2019s point of view. Our memories are colored by our assumptions and incomplete information. We see tomorrow only in terms of what little we know today. Today seems long, while the past is fleeting and tomorrow never comes. <\/p>\n

But God reassured his people in their captivity in Babylon, a captivity that was still a hundred years in the future when he was speaking through Isaiah, that God was going to restore their fortunes, that the future was bright and all would be well. <\/p>\n

God promised them a restoration of normal commerce with their neighbors. Ephah was one of the five sons of Midian, a grandson of Abraham and his wife Keturah. Midian became a nation to the east of the Dead Sea, while Ephah was one of the cities in that nation. There were many places throughout the Mediterranean world called Tarshish where ore was refined into metal. The \u201cships of Tarshish\u201d were refinery ships carrying the refined metals. Both Kedar and Nabaioth were sons of Ishmael, Isaac\u2019s half brother. Keder referred to a confederation of Arab tribes in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula that traded mostly sheep. The same with Nabaioth. <\/p>\n

We belong to God. He will take care of us and we will be with him forever. A human life time is a very tiny speck on the face of eternity. But it\u2019s all we can see just now. We need to seek God\u2019s perspective on it all.<\/p>\n

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