Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: Isaiah 55
The Word of God

The Word of God

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For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 

Isaiah 55:10-11 

God’s Word is immensely powerful. By His Word He spoke the world into existence. He upholds all things by the word of His power. As Isaiah is giving one of the most poetically, eloquent gospel appeals in the Scripture, he quotes God regarding the success of His Word. In order to achieve context we have included the previous verse. God compares the success of His word to the effect of the rain and snow upon the earth. As they come down from heaven they have the effect of bringing forth life to, ‘make it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.’ He follows that illustration with, ‘so shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.’ What do we conclude from this? We understand that God’s word will accomplish exactly what He intends. What does He intend?  Above many other things, He intends for us to see Christ. Christ’s testimony regarding the Scriptures was, ‘They testify of Me.’ When we have received the word of God it brings us to Christ. The Law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. No matter where we begin in the Scriptures, they bring us to Christ. Therefore, as the word of God goes forth, it accomplishes His will.  

Our Wise and Holy God, 
we rejoice that You set great store by Your word. 
We praise You that as we read it, 
You show us Christ. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
Seek The Lord

Seek The Lord

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Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. 

Isaiah 55:6  

Isaiah preached Christ.  His prophecy is full of His Person and work. Isaiah is very evangelistic. The beginning of this passage is a Gospel appeal, ‘Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.’ Our text follows in the same vein. The challenge is to, ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.’ There is such a thing as a day of Gospel opportunity. While that day lasts, Christ is available. It is important to take advantage of that day. The implication is that this opportunity will come to an end. What does that mean? It means that there will come a time when He cannot be found and will not be near. If we look at the book of Revelation, we begin to see the outpouring of the wrath of God against the wicked. At that point the Gospel opportunity is over. We are not there yet. At this point in time we are still in the day of Gospel opportunity. This gives us every reason to preach Christ. Our challenge is the same as Isaiah’s. Christ is available now. He is ready to save you today. ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near.’ We cannot be sure how much longer the door will be open. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. 

Our Good and Loving God, 
we rejoice that the door of Gospel opportunity is still open. 
We praise You that You receive 
all who come to Christ by faith. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Word of God

The Word of God

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For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 

Isaiah 55:10-11 

God’s Word is immensely powerful. By His Word He spoke the world into existence. He upholds all things by the word of His power. As Isaiah is giving one of the most poetically, eloquent gospel appeals in the Scripture, he quotes God regarding the success of His Word. In order to achieve context we have included the previous verse. God compares the success of His word to the effect of the rain and snow upon the earth. As they come down from heaven they have the effect of bringing forth life to, ‘make it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.’ He follows that illustration with, ‘so shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.’ What do we conclude from this? We understand that God’s word will accomplish exactly what He intends. What does He intend?  Above many other things, He intends for us to see Christ. Christ’s testimony regarding the Scriptures was, ‘They testify of Me.’ When we have received the word of God it brings us to Christ. The Law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. No matter where we begin in the Scriptures, they bring us to Christ. Therefore, as the word of God goes forth, it accomplishes His will.  

Our Wise and Holy God, 
we rejoice that You set great store by Your word. 
We praise You that as we read it, 
You show us Christ. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
Seek The Lord

Seek The Lord

By |

Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. 

Isaiah 55:6  

Isaiah preached Christ.  His prophecy is full of His Person and work. Isaiah is very evangelistic. The beginning of this passage is a Gospel appeal, ‘Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.’ Our text follows in the same vein. The challenge is to, ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.’ There is such a thing as a day of Gospel opportunity. While that day lasts, Christ is available. It is important to take advantage of that day. The implication is that this opportunity will come to an end. What does that mean? It means that there will come a time when He cannot be found and will not be near. If we look at the book of Revelation, we begin to see the outpouring of the wrath of God against the wicked. At that point the Gospel opportunity is over. We are not there yet. At this point in time we are still in the day of Gospel opportunity. This gives us every reason to preach Christ. Our challenge is the same as Isaiah’s. Christ is available now. He is ready to save you today. ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near.’ We cannot be sure how much longer the door will be open. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. 

Our Good and Loving God, 
we rejoice that the door of Gospel opportunity is still open. 
We praise You that You receive 
all who come to Christ by faith. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

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