June 27, 2011 Dramatic Change

Dramatic Change for You
Read Isaiah 34 – 37

Isaiah 35:5-6 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
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Isa 35:10 Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

DRAMATIC CHANGE. That’s what God is about. He makes the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear and the mute laugh. He floods the desert. What’s more. God gives life to you!
Yes, you are the result of dramatic change. You once were not, and now you are. You once were dead to sin. If you call on Jesus as Lord, you are now alive in your Lord Jesus Christ.
Dust to rain, death to life, that’s our God. But there’s more. When the rain changes dry dust to fertile soil, something else needs to happen for the soil to bear fruit. Seeds need to be planted, nurtured and harvested.
When God changes you from death to life, you have a responsibility. You are to plant the seeds of knowing God in your mind. Your mind is prepared to know him. Your heart is prepared to harvest a love for him. How will you plant that knowledge and harvest that love?
Seek his Word. Fill your life with him—God in the morning, God at midday, God in the evening—rain God down on your life. Trusting God brings dramatic change to you. Thank you, God.


Pause and Consider: how you are the result of dramatic change. You are loved and valued. You are a person of great purpose in God’s Kingdom.