Look at God – The Presidential Prayer Team

Say to those who have an anxious heart, ‘Be strong, fear not! Behold your God.’ – Isaiah 35:4

Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker whose family helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. The ten Boom family lived in the Beje house in Haarlem above her father’s watch shop. Their Christian faith inspired them to serve society, offering shelter, food and money to those in need. The family held a deep respect for the Jewish community in Amsterdam, considering them “God’s ancient people.” As a result, they saved approximately 800 lives by hiding them in a secret place in their home. Betrayed to the Nazis by a fellow Dutch citizen, the entire family was eventually imprisoned in concentration camps. Corrie survived and later started a worldwide ministry.

Corrie once said, “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest.”

Isaiah chapter 35 describes a time when everything on Earth will celebrate the glory of God. This chapter is a beautiful picture of the final kingdom in which the Lord establishes His justice and destroys all evil. There will be no disease, pain, and sorrow and total healing will come to humanity.

Yahweh is preparing a way for His people to live with Him in Heaven forever. But you don’t have to wait until that day to experience the supernatural peace and joy that comes with a relationship with Christ. So as you pray and read His Word, rest in the truth that He will provide all you need today and for eternity. Pray also that your national and local leaders will turn to Him for peace during their challenges.

Today’s Verse: Isaiah 35:4

Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

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Recommended for further reading: Isaiah 35

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
    the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
²it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.

³Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
⁴Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

⁵Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
    and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
⁶then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;
⁷the burning sand shall become a pool,
    and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,
    the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

⁸And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
⁹No lion shall be there,
    nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
    but the redeemed shall walk there.
¹⁰And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.