When I pulled the words below out of a devotion I read this morning, I was just going to leave it at that. The old cut and paste. But then I went back and read all of Isaiah 50. Wow! In particular, though, I am drawn back to these rhetorical questions in verse 2. How many are the times that I try to find my own way in the darkness? After reading Isaiah 50:10-11 I’m thinking my hand will be permanently reaching out toward His.

I know His grace,
And I have seen how far His arms will reach to rescue me
From ‘For the Glory of Christ’ by Newsong

(This is what the Lord says:)
“When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to ransom you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
I clothe the sky with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.”  (Isaiah 50:1,2 NIV).

I love this scripture. Every time I get in a mess, and I get in messes often, I remember that God’s hand is not short. He can reach me. No matter how far I get behind or how confused or how desperate I get, He can rescue me.