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a Way in the Wilderness
Isa 43:14-28
Let uptake care lest we thwart God’s purpose in our lives. We were made to show forth His praise, Isa 43:21; but we must beware of causing a revoking of His gracious purpose (See Num 14:34, r.v. margin): by prayerlessness, Isa 43:22; by the neglect of little things, Isa 43:23; by the lack of sweetness and tenderness in our disposition, Isa 43:24. “Be not high-minded, but fear; for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will He spare thee,” Rom 11:20-21, r.v.
On the other hand, directly sin is repented of and put away, it is blotted out, Isa 43:25. It is persistence in sin that causes God to turn from us. If we forsake what is evil, as soon as we are conscious of it, “the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.” It is blotted out as a cloud from the sky and no more remembered against us forever. This is done for God’s own sake. The reason for our salvation and deliverance is not in us, but in Him. The cross of shame and sorrow was His own expedient, and the Lamb in the midst of the throne is the emblem of the divine Atonement, which was commenced and finished by the inexplicable grace of God.