Isaiah 48:17-18 (CSBBible) …  “This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.  If only you had paid attention to my commands.  Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.”

A recent anniversary trip that Peggy and I took to Maui was a wonderful getaway for us, and a time to really relax, spend time with God in his Word and prayer, and celebrate the wonderful way God has blessed us in marriage and life.  God blessed us with a wonderful place to stay, with a view of the ocean from our lanai (that’s a patio for any other main-landers out there).

As I watched the waves crashing on the volcanic rocks beneath us I thought about how God has blessed us with waves of mercy and grace, over and over, crashing against my fleshly nature and ways – and washing those sins away into the sea of his forgiveness, never to be remembered against me again.  What a marvelous truth!

And the more I have meditated over that, the more I realize how there is to be an ongoing work of God in my life.  Not only does he want to wash away my sin, he also wants to flood us with a river of peace, and like a waves of the sea let righteousness that only he can give flow into my daily experience.

In a world that is in chaos, and a culture here in our own country that is torn apart by division and turmoil – what an important truth this is to remember!  God loves us so much that he sent his Son, Jesus, to purchase our peace on his cross.  If we will receive Christ into our lives by faith, and if we will live in obedience to God’s Truth revealed in Jesus and in his Word — then his peace will be like a river, and his righteousness will come crashing in on us with waves of cleansing power.

Hallelujah!  Praise His Name!