The way of the Way
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
When we are born again, and we are made aware of the Way we should go…the first thing God asks us to do is to forsake our old way….but forsake it for the new.
“I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth”
Now it shall spring forth…as a seed planted in the ground.
Mark 4:26-28 “And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
And…the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”
Here is a picture of the silent, but certain….and gradual growth in God’s Purpose for His Word and His Way….for the believer.
There is a change….suddenly, or slowly,…a new Way is made for us.
“A way” often stands for the true religion of the heart…for the Lord says:
“I will even make a way.”
The reference is to the Way He made through the Red Sea for salvation from Egypt; and through the wilderness (Isaiah 43:15-17)….to finally bring His people into Canaan.
The Red Sea typifies Redemption….
…..the Wilderness typifies Sanctification—faith finally overcoming all that hinders us from possessing God’s Will and Promises for our lives.
God’s Way is the course He takes, in faithfulness, in order to make good what He has promised.
It may lead us through dangers, storms, or still waters….yet it is His way for us to grow in grace, faith, and love to Him.
Man is the only creature on earth that was originally created with faculties which can know God as Savior and Lord…..a mind to understand His Word, a heart to worship and love Him, and a will to obey Him.
That is why the call goes forth:
Isaiah 55:6-7 “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
(True, all creation is to praise the Lord…Psalm 150:6,….but our praise is the reverence of an intelligent heart….and of our conscious choice.)
And yes, at the fall we lost the presence of the Holy Spirit, and became darkened and lost….but we still have the faculties of mind and will, to honor the Lord,….even though we do not have the desire to do so,….
….until we are born again….and given a new nature….God’s nature implanted within us, by the Holy Spirit.
At that moment, God’s Way becomes supremely important.
Then, “I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
HIs guidance…and HIs provision is meant. By faith we live….for faith always points us toward God.
Look to Him and be ye saved.
Follow HIm and be HIs disciple.
Call unto Him and He will hear.
Obey HIs Spirit and drink abundantly of HIs life.
Isaiah 55:8-11 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
His Word will accomplish His Will in us….(praise God)….by us as we yield to it….and, amazingly, through us to those around us…to the sphere of our influence.
Revelation 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
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