PERCEIVE IT TO RECEIVE IT.

Is 43: 14-21 (8/17/13)

Isaiah proclaims a message from God, “I will bring the Babylonians down from Babylon in the ships they were so proud of.” The Lord is your Redeemer, the Holy one of Israel, The Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s creator, your king. He who makes a way through the waters, through the sea, who drew out chariots, horses, army reinforcements~ they will never rise again.

v. 18 forget the former things. Do not dwell on the past. V. 19 God is doing a new thing! It (a new way) springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way through the desert and streams in the west land.

Perceive=to take cognizance of the existence by means of the senses-to see hear, or feel – to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced by direct intuition, to discern comprehend.

8/23/13                YOU MUST PERCEIVE IT TO RECEIVE IT! 

I know a lot of people don’t believe in the “positive feeling” preaching but let’s look closer at Is 43: 18-19. How much of our life do we spend regretting or wishing we could change something about our past instead of accepting the negative we regret as life lesson and simply moving. In vs. 19 God tell us he is making a new way for us to get past the past but we must “perceive” it. In other words, we must be convinced and see in our minds FIRST what is yet to be; the new way God is preparing for our life. So where do you see your: life, marriage, career, family, church in five years? It is not a rhetorical question. Take a minute and truly answer those questions; then PERCEIVE IT TO RECEIVE IT.