Promises Ring True

Isaiah 41:10
'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

Last night in Bible study we talked about Luke 8:22-25, where Jesus calms the storm but not before His disciples begin to fear and can't find their faith. How this has reigned true for me in the past few weeks with the minimal trials I have gone through. I am so quick to fret and panic and wonder what I can do, but aside from God's work in my life I can do nothing but fail. Another promise that comes to mind is Hebrews 11:6 "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." Our lives exist to please God and when our faith can't be found we are not doing that. Oh I pray that we may be found faithful and pleasing in His sight no matter what may befall us.

Today's reading was in Isaiah and Isaiah 53:4-5 came alive to me through a song I love.
Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.

The song is:
Healed
by Nicole Nordeman

We stuttered and we stammered til you save us
A symphony of chaos til you play us
Phrases on the pages of unknown
Until you read us into poetry and prose
We are kept and we are captive til you free us
Vaguely unimagined til you dream us
Aimlessly unguided til you lead us home

And by your voice we speak
And by your strength no longer weak,
we are no longer weak

And by your wounds we are healed
tell me what kind of love is this
and by your wounds we are healed

Passed over and passed by until you claim us
Orphaned and abandoned until you name us
Hidden and disclosed til you expose our hearts

And by your death we live
It is by your gift we might give
We might give

And by your wounds we are healed
Tell me what kind of love is this
And by your wounds we are healed

And what kind of love
Would take your shame
And spill His blood for you
Save us by his wounds

By your wounds we are healed
Tell me what kind of love is this
And by your wounds we are healed
What kind of love
By your wounds we are oh
Tell me what kind of love is this
By your wounds we are healed, healed