{"id":5837,"date":"2014-09-23T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2014-09-22T22:31:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T05:31:04","slug":"poor-and-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2014\/09\/23\/poor-and-needy\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor and Needy"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the poor and needy
\nare dying of thirst
\nand cannot find water,
\nI, the LORD God of Israel,
\nwill come to their rescue.
\nI won\u2019t forget them.
\nI will make rivers flow
\non mountain peaks.
\nI will send streams
\nto fill the valleys.
\nDry and barren land
\nwill flow with springs
\nand become a lake.
\nI will fill the desert
\nwith all kinds of trees\u2014
\ncedars, acacias, and myrtles;
\nolive and cypress trees;
\nfir trees and pines.
\nEveryone will see this
\nand know that I,
\nthe holy LORD God of Israel,
\ncreated it all. (Isaiah 41:17-20)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God will take care of us. The Israelites had been taken captive by their enemies and it was not for no reason. God had warned them of the coming calamity and made it clear to them that they were being punished, much as a parent would give his child the rules, warn him of impending punishment, and then carry it out. But, like a parent, God did not disown his child; God did not punish in order to ruin their lives. Rather, God had the best of intentions and reassured his people that he would still provide for their needs. They need not fear that they would dry up and blow away.<\/p>\n

Certainly, while the nation was in captivity and oppressed, the fields were left fallow and those places that needed irrigation were left unwatered. But that changed when the people returned. The barren places bloomed once again, the water flowed, and everyone had plenty to eat and drink. God will always provide for his people. He will never abandon them. Punishment does not mean our destruction, ever.<\/p>\n

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