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Do we really want to be transformed by God? In the passage (below) from Isaiah, not only a person is transformed but an entire nation, a makeover of both the spiritual and ecological elements. God’s transformation not only lays low evil doers and cynics, it is God’s heart recognizing those who were willing to turn toward Him. The biblical transformation Isaiah prophecies is rooted in a rejuvenation for those people who have turned—willingly—their faces to see Him, and submit to Him alone. He takes the things and people that are “wasted”, “deaf”, “blind”, the “castoffs”, “the down and outs”, and returns them into reflections of His glory.
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No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11
At time’s God’s discipline seems like a lonely, unending trek through a desert. The barrenness covers day after day and there seems to be nothing to quench my thirst. Yet, if I maintain my focus on his word and his voice through Bible study and prayer, regardless of the desolateness of my days or weeks, I will find the most wonderfully sweet water for my Spirit, and a cool, moist cloud to comfort my weary heart. He is able to harvest water from cloudless skies and create a shelter from the air itself.
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