๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ -๐จ๐ฃ
โข If you could fix one broken object you owned in the past, what would it be and why would you want to fix it?
โข Have you experienced going to a place for the first time, relying completely on a navigation tool? Describe the experience and what happened when you arrived at the place.
โข What keeps your home safe from strangers and burglars? How effective are these objects in making you feel safe?
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐: โ๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด . . .โ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต:๐ด
(Read also ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต:๐ตโ๐ญ๐ณ.)
As a result of sin and disobedience, Godโs people were taken to Babylon in chains. Defeated, they found themselves in a new land with no place to worship their God. It was for this difficult time that Isaiah spoke a word of hope, a promise of restoration from God. God wanted to assure His people that He had not forgotten them nor would He ever abandon them. In this passage, we will look at what God promised to restore for His people.
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐: โ๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ; ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, โ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต,โ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, โ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด; ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ . . .โ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต:๐ดโ๐ต
Living in a foreign land as exiles, the Jews faced a very uncertain future. They didnโt know what would happen to them as a people. Isaiahโs words assured them that God will not only set them free from captivity; He will take them from darkness to light. The same God is at work in our lives today. He is bringing freedom by inviting people into a relationship with Him that is full of faith, hope, and love amidst uncertainties we may face. How have you experienced the restoration of Godโs freedom and light in your own life?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ.โ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต:๐ญ๐ญ
Sometimes, we find ourselves in situations that are the exact opposite of what God promised. This was the situation of the Israelites. God promised them fruitfulness and abundance in their own land, yet because of their own disobedience, they found themselves defeated in war and exiled in another nation. But God said that He will make His mountains a road and ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ, signifying the clear path that will restore His people to their homeland. God had not abandoned them and was in fact leading them to receive the inheritance and blessings He had promised to their forefathers. Likewise, we can be confident that as we allow God to lead us, we will receive our inheritanceโwhat He promised in His word to fulfill in our lives, no matter our present circumstance. How has Godโs path led you to eventually receive His blessings?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
โ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ? ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฑโ๐ญ๐ฒ
God was telling His people to look beyond their present situation. Their city may have been destroyed, but He had not forgotten them. He is always mindful of His people and is full of compassion. He is their protection. He will rebuild His people and they will feel safe again. In our own lives, things may happen that make us wonder if God is against us. But just like the Israelites, God wants to show us His compassion and protection. He will even enable us to rebuild. Why do you think God used the picture of a mother caring for her child to show His people His love and concern for them? How is God greater than even the best mom in the world?
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข Are you experiencing hopelessness and fear in some areas of your life? Which passages in Scripture show Godโs promises to His people that relate to your life and family right now? Write them down so you can meditate on them this week and speak hope into your situation.
โข Do you have faith to see beyond present circumstances and trust that God will restore His light, inheritance, and protection for you? What are you willing to do in response to todayโs message?
โข Think of someone who needs to be reminded of Godโs compassion and protection. Ask Him to give you the words to encourage and speak hope to him or her this week.
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank God for His promise of restoration. Pray for peace and assurance that God will lead you to receive what He promised no matter what you are experiencing.
โข Ask God to help you dispel any doubt from your heart, trusting that He will restore whatever the enemy has tried to take away from you. Pray that God will open your eyes and enable you to see your life through eyes of faith.
โข Pray that God will give you opportunities this week to share to others how you have experienced His freedom and light.
Restoration
Week 10
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