Isaiah 46:3,4 - The Lord Is Our Shepherd.

Isa.46:3,4: The Lord Is Our Shepherd.

Isa.46:3,4 (NIV) "Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who
remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were
conceived, an have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and gray
hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I
will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Isa.46:3,4 (TLB) Listen to me, all Israel who are left; I have
created you and cared for you since you were born. I will be your God
through all your lifetime, yes, even when your hair is white with age. I
made you and I will care for you. I will carry you along and be your
Savior.

CONTEXT

The fall of Babylon  (46:1-13)
Babylon's Idols and the True God

CROSS REFERENCES

Matthew 28:20b (KJV)  I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world. Amen.

Hebrews 13:5b (KJV)  I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Isaiah 63:9 (KJV)  In all their affliction he was afflicted, and
the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he
redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Psalm 23:4 (KJV)  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and
thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 48:14 (KJV)  For this God is our God for ever and ever: he
will be our guide even unto death.

Exodus 33:14 (KJV)  And he said, My presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest.

Psalm 73:26 (GW)  My body and mind may waste away, but God
remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever.

Psalm 73:24 (KJV)  Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and
afterward receive me to glory.

Isaiah 58:11 (KJV)  And the Lord shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose
waters fail not.

COMMENTARY

Often your mind may be clouded because of pain.  Then do not try
to think.  You know that Jesus loves you.  He understands your
weakness.  You may do His will by simply resting in His arms.  MH251

God created us and cares for us. His love is so enduring that he
will care for us throughout our lifetime and even through death.
[Life Application SB]

SOMETHING TO SHARE

Footprints In The Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking
Along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints.
Other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed that
During the low periods of my life when I was
Suffering from anguish, sorrow, or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints,
So I said to the Lord, "You promised me,
Lord, that if I followed You,
You would walk with me always.
But I noticed that during the most trying periods
Of my life there have only been
One set of prints in the sand.
Why, When I have needed You most,
You have not been there for me?"
The Lord replied,
"The times when you have seen only one set of footprints
Is when I carried you."
By Mary Stevenson (Born 11/8/22 Died 1/6/99)