Day 286: Isaiah 30:15

"This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it." ~Isaiah 30:15, NIV

We humans like to think we have everything figured out. We play the parts, and people either fall for it, or are too uneducated to challenge it. This only contributes to our assumption that we've got it.

But God spells out what "got it" actually means in the above verse, and then accurately growls that we "have none of it".

How can we be delivered? "In repentance and rest." By repenting that we can't do everything on our own to Jesus, and allowing Him to forgive and wash away our sins, first off. And then rest. Everything we do comes from God, so why struggle in your own strength to do things? Isn't it better to rest in the shelter of His love, and act in His greatness? According to the Holy One of Israel, yes, yes it is.

How can we be strong? "In quietness and trust." There is a place for preaching God's love, but really, our most powerful witness isn't telling people that they're going to hell. It's our life of trusting that God really has saved us and there's nothing we can do to save ourselves. It's quiet. It's something people observe about us, not something we tell them about us.

Thanks to Jesus, we can fully understand what this verse means - it's an explanation of the intended way of life as God designed it after the fall. It's a delivered life, it's a fearless life. It can be yours.