| “And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, and I will call upon His name; I will make known His deeds among the peoples, declaring that His name is exalted. “- Isaiah 12:4 |
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| Worshipping the Lord and Witnessing about the Lord In considering Isaiah 12:4 we find actions that are celebratory! This verse can speak of Judah’s victory over the invading Assyria army, and it can speak of the victory at the end of the tribulation and God’s people will be celebrating in the Millennial kingdom. Whether it refers to a celebration of the past or a celebration of the future we see two actions for us as believers in the present. First, there is the WORSHIP of the Lord seen in PRAISE THE LORD. Praising the Lord is offering adoration of WHO GOD IS. Whether He ever does anything for us or not He is WORTHY of praise just because of WHO HE IS! The worship continues by calling on His name. This phrase takes us back to Abraham in Genesis 12:8b “There Abraham built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.” The idea of calling on the name of the Lord is the acknowledgment that there is only one God and that a person has no other gods! It is acknowledging that God is preeminent and supreme. Secondly, there is WITNESSING ABOUT THE LORD! As one is experiencing the WORKING of God, they cannot help but WITNESS or testify ABOUT what GREAT THINGS GOD HAS DONE. This, if you will, bragging about the Lord is to point others to the Lord with the heartfelt desire that they EXALT God. Not long ago a friend of mine had the opportunity to share Christ at an event that his brother attended. As his brother drove home, he came under tremendous conviction of his need to be saved. So he pulled his car onto the side of the road and asked the Lord to save him. He then called my friend and told him that he had been saved. My friend was filled with joy, and over the next few weeks, he told anyone and everyone how God had SAVED his brother. My friend was WITNESSING about how the LORD WORKS!! Day after day our lives should be filled with giving WORSHIP to the Lord and WITNESSING for and about the Lord! Verse to DATE the Word on December 4 (12/4) is Isaiah 12:4. It says, “And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, and I will call upon His name; I will make known His deeds among the peoples, declaring that His name is exalted.” Today tell the Lord that you love Him! Today tell someone that the Lord loves them. Worship Him and witness for Him! Continue strong, |