ISAIAH 262008 Teaching by Jerry B Simmons

Teaching Transcript: Isaiah 26

You are listening to FerventWord, an online Bible study ministry with teachings and tools to help you grow deeper in your relationship with God. The following message was taught by Jerry Simmons in 2008. ...the Antichrist and the children of Israel, and as a result, they will recognize that he indeed is the Antichrist and not their Messiah.

And they'll recognize that Jesus Christ is Lord. And there'll be a great battle, a great fury that takes place after that. And God will protect his people and hide them in the wilderness, Revelation chapter 12 says. And that last three and a half years will be the final days of the tribulation. It will be the unleashing of tribulation like the world has never seen before. The worst of the worst happens.

will be during that last three and a half years of the tribulation period. But that seven years ends with the return of Jesus Christ, where he doesn't come to meet us in the clouds, that's the rapture, but he comes and actually comes back to earth, touches ground here on planet earth, and sets up and establishes his kingdom to rule and reign for a thousand years, which is called the millennial period.

And during that thousand years, there will be perfect peace. The believers who are caught up together with him will come back and rule and reign with him for that thousand years. And then at the end of that thousand years, then there will be the real judgment day, the white throne of judgment, and then we'll enter into eternity from there. So that's the basic overview of the end times. And here in Isaiah chapter 26, we find ourselves saying,

Talking about these days, about that time that is going to take place. Isaiah chapter 26, look with me at verses 1 through 6. It says, In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah.

We have a strong city. God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. Open the gates that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.

Trust in the Lord forever, for Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. For He brings down those who dwell on high. The lofty city, He lays it low. He lays it low to the ground. He brings it down to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Here as we begin Isaiah chapter 26, he's continuing on from chapter 25 in which he was dealing with the Jewish people, the nation of Israel, entering into the millennial period and what is going to be taking place and the songs that they will sing. And here again in chapter 26, it says in verse 1 that this is the song that will be sung in the land of Judah.

The end times is really predominantly focused around the nation of Israel. God will, in that last seven year period and the millennial period, the world will revolve around the nation of Israel. Now, right now, we think the world revolves around us a lot of times, but God is going to once again be having his focus and attention on the land of Israel in a way like we saw in the Old Testament, where the

God was working miraculously and supernaturally, and amazing things are going to take place. And now as they enter into the millennium, Jesus Christ is going to establish his throne, his rule, and his reign there in the land of Judah. And when he does, this is the song that will be sung.

It's a song of rejoicing about the city that God has established, the salvation that he has provided. He says to open the gates that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. And during the millennial period, the nations of the earth will come to worship God. The righteous nations that keep God's word, that follow God's paths.

Now, verse 3 and 4 is something that's very important and a great passage to meditate on and memorize and spend some time with. Because here, he tells us the key to perfect peace. Do you have perfect peace in your life? Do you have perfect peace in your heart? The word peace, it means completeness, safety, health, tranquility, and contentment.

This idea of peace, He tells us how to have it. Now, there's lots of ways that we could go with this and lots of things that we could deal with. But I want to encourage you to spend some time on your own this evening. In just a few moments when we have that opportunity to meditate on this idea, this passage and this portion. That He keeps those in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him. This is the work of God.

If you want to have perfect peace in your life, if you want perfect peace in your heart, if you don't want to be in turmoil continually, anxious, stressed out, overwhelmed, here is what you need to do.

Here's the song that they will sing. Now, again, this is Israel as they're entering, well, they're going towards the millennial period, but they're going through the tribulation period, and God is going to be protecting them. There's a lot going on around them. There's tribulation on all sides. There's great persecution. But in the midst of it, God is able to keep them in perfect peace. How? How?

When the world is facing tribulation like it's never seen before, how on earth could anybody have perfect peace? And you may ask that in your own life. When you're experiencing the most difficult things you've ever experienced, when you're facing things like never before, how on earth are you able to have, can you have, is it possible for you to have perfect peace? He says, here's how you do it. You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.

Here's the key. For you and I to have perfect peace in our lives, our minds must be stayed upon him. That word stayed, it means to lean upon. It means to set. It means to be continually focused on. Our mind is to be set. It's to lean upon. It's to be set up and established by God, on the things of God.

And when we do that, when we put our minds, when our minds are stayed on him, we will have perfect peace. So you can do the math. If I don't have perfect peace, then I can determine that my mind is not stayed on him. And if I want perfect peace, then where do I need to fix my thoughts? Go ahead. You can answer on him. Jesus said, peace, I leave with you.

And yet there's so many times that the world doesn't have peace. And there's so many times that Christians, although we've been born again, we lack peace. We're anxious. We're overwhelmed. We're freaked out. This world causes us great trouble. But Jesus said, peace I leave with you. Not as the world gives, not as the world's peace gives.

My peace is very different. And you can understand the peace of Jesus Christ by looking at Mark chapter 4. You don't have to turn there, but check it out later. You remember the story, I'm sure. Mark chapter 4 verses 35 through 41 describe Jesus and his disciples in a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee.

And there comes a great wind and the waters become very turbulent. And these seasoned fishermen who have lived all their life on the sea began to fear for their lives. They began, the waters are so turbulent, there's so much waves and rocking that they're fearing it's over. The ship's going down. It can't take any more of this. And where's Jesus during all of this? He's asleep.

He's asleep. The world's just caving in around him. And he's asleep. He has perfect peace because his mind is stayed upon the Father. He's content. He's got peace, tranquility within. The turbulent waters aren't enough to cause him turbulence within. But he has perfect peace. And what does he tell the wind and the waves when the disciples awake him? Aren't you afraid? Look, we're going to die. Don't you care?

And what does he say? Peace. Be still. Jesus came to give us peace. Not as the world gives. Not as a temporary peace. Not as a peace that lasts for just a little bit. But perfect peace. Perfect peace God gives to us. In Philippians chapter 4, the Apostle Paul shares with us the same thing.

In verse 6 he says, Paul says the same thing. If you want the peace that passes all understanding, the peace that doesn't make sense, like why do you have peace? How come you're not freaked out? Paul says, here's the key. Don't be anxious, but in everything.

Present your request to God. Keep your mind. Keep your heart. Keep yourself focused on the Lord and you will have perfect peace. Paul goes on to say in verse 8 of chapter 4, you don't have to turn there. I'm sure you know the verse. Finally, whatever is noble, whatever is pure, whatever is good, if there's anything that's lovely, meditate on these things. Paul says, take your mind and

and focus it on the things that are good, on the things that are lovely, on the things that are of good report, the things that are of God. Set your mind, fix your mind, meditate, keep thinking about those things. And then in verse 9, he ends by saying, and the peace of God, or the God of peace, will be with you. See, the way to have peace is to keep our mind. It's a battle up here. This isn't a battle of the heart. Jesus has your heart. You love Jesus.

But when you don't have perfect peace, it's a battle of the mind. Instead of focusing on Jesus Christ, instead of focusing on the Lord, instead of trusting the Lord, our minds are focused on the situation, the circumstances, the trouble that we face. And God says, here's the song that they'll sing during the tribulation period as all hell is breaking loose. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.

And then in verse 4, he goes on in chapter 26, trust in the Lord forever for Yah, the Lord is everlasting strength or he's the rock of ages. He's the rock of ages. He's everlasting strength. He's everything that we need. Trust in him. Keep your mind on him. Keep thinking about him. Focus your life and your hearts upon him and you will have perfect peace. Amazing. So simple. And yet, like Peter, often we're looking at the waves and the wind and we're freaked out.

But if we'll keep our eyes focused on Jesus Christ, we'll have perfect peace. I want to encourage you this evening to have perfect peace and trust the Lord. Keep your eyes on him. Keep your mind. As Colossians 3, 1 says, set your minds on the things above. Hey, if you're raised with Christ, if you're born again, set your mind on the things above. Set your mind on the things of Christ, where he is seated in the heavenly places. Our mind belongs with Jesus.

And when we focus it on the things of this life and the troubles that we face, we will never have perfect peace. But when we focus it on Jesus Christ, the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard our hearts, guard our minds, will protect us, and we'll have perfect peace.

He goes on in verse 5 to say, For He brings down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low to the ground. He brings it down to the dust. This is a familiar theme here in the book of Isaiah. Here, during the tribulation period, God is unleashing His wrath. And what He is doing is He's bringing judgment upon everything that has exalted itself. Everything that's high and lifted up. In Isaiah chapter 2 verse 12, we saw this.

God's judgment is against everything that exalts itself. Everything that is proud. Everyone that is lofty. Everyone that is exalted. God will bring low. And during the tribulation period, his wrath will be poured out.

To bring everything low. But the one who's stayed on him has perfect peace. But the one who's full of self, the one who's consumed with themselves, the city that's focused upon itself, the city that dwells on high, the one who exalts themselves, they will be trampled down low to the ground, way down to the dust, beneath the dust.

Over and over, Isaiah teaches us and reminds us that the judgment of God is always a result of our pride, of us being full of ourselves. The judgment of God is always dealing with those things that are high and lifted up, which is why we need to be humble and focus our minds on the Lord. Focus our thoughts on the things of God that we may have perfect peace. Let's go on in verses 7 through 9. It says,

The way of the just is uprightness, O most upright. You weigh the path of the just. Yes, in the way of your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for you. The desire of our soul is for your name and for the remembrance of you. With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek you early. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."

Here in verses 7-9, now we're not focusing on peace. We've been looking at peace there in the first part, but now he focuses his attention on righteousness. Righteousness. He says, "...the way of the just is uprightness, walking uprightly, doing what is right." And he calls God, "...oh most upright." God is the most upright. He is the one who is truly right. All that He does is right and true and just and fair.

And so he says the way of the just, the way of the righteous is uprightness. The way that a righteous person walks is righteously. The way that a Christian is to walk is righteously. Because the most upright, the standard, God, who is holy and pure, he says, you weigh the path of the just. Now, according to our own standards, perhaps we can stand up tall and say, yes, I walk uprightly.

But according to the standard of God, we know that, well, we don't measure up. And here the song that they're singing is, look, the way of the just is uprightness. But here's the deal. It's God who weighs the path of the just. He's the one who determines if we are walking uprightly, if we are walking in righteousness. Now, it should follow as our mind is stayed upon him, as our thoughts are filled with the things of him, as we trust the Lord.

The reality will be displayed in the actions that we take in the life that we live. And the one who is in perfect peace will be the one who is just and whose way is in uprightness. It needs to follow that we walk uprightly. It needs to follow that our actions prove that our minds and our hearts are focused on the things of God. Now, here's the deal.

How do we get this righteousness? How does this take place in our lives? Because of course we fail. Of course we fall short. And he goes on and look at the focus here in verse 8. He says, yes, in the way of your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for you. Now there's a few times we'll look at this and what he's saying is righteousness is a result of our desire, our relationship with God. He says, O Lord, we have waited for

for you. This word wait, it means to look for with hope, to expect. This is like Jesus told us to watch and to be ready, to be looking for him, for his return. Lord, we have waited for you. We've been expecting you. We've been looking forward with great hope and expectation that you are here, that you're coming soon, that you're coming quickly. Lord, we have waited for you.

And so I would ask us, I would challenge our hearts, where is your hope this evening? What are you looking for? What is your expectation? What's going to bring the perfect peace in your life? It's not the...

Well, if I just get that bonus or if I just get this situation or moved into this place or that transportation or this job, if that's your expectation, if that's your hope, if that's what you're looking for, if that's what you're waiting for, well, you're in for some disappointment. But if you wait for God, that is a source of righteousness in your life and in your walk. He says, oh, Lord, we have waited for you. But then he goes on to say the desire of our soul is for your name.

The desire, the wish, the longing of one's heart is what this means. It's a longing of one's heart. And so you see with these words that he's using, it's something that's from deep within. There's this great desire, this burning, this yearning, this hope, this expectation. And it's all focused upon you, Lord Jesus Christ. You, God and Savior. You, our loving Father.

We've waited for you. Our desire is for you. You're the longing of our heart. Verse 9, he says, with my soul, I have desired you in the night. And then he goes on to say, yes, by my spirit within me, I will seek you early. This is something that's night and day. In the night, I desire you. Again, it's a great desire. It's a longing.

Also could be described as a craving. I'm sure you've had those cravings and you just will not be satisfied until you get that thing that you're craving. The song at that time and the song that you and I can sing today is that we will not be satisfied, Lord, until we're filled with you by my spirit within me. I will seek you early. This is a diligent seeking, a diligent looking for, searching, seeking.

early or earnestly. He says why in the end of verse 9, for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. It's interesting, you know, the elections are going to be coming up and there's much to be said about that and the importance and the value of the role that God has given us and the blessing we have in this nation. But the reality is, if we want this country to

To return. If we want there to be revival in our nation, it's not going to be through the president. He says, look, we have waited for you. The desire of our soul is for your name. Within my soul, I have desired you in the night. Yes, by my spirit within me, I will seek you early. The real issue is not who the president is, but who are we longing for? Who are we seeking? Who are we diligently searching for? Are we really passionately following God?

following Jesus Christ. Because when we do that, when my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, when they'll humble themselves and seek me, when they'll put me first in their life, I will hear their land. And then that's why he says, for when your judgments are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Righteousness does not come through legislation. It doesn't come through great political leaders. It comes through you and I seeking the Lord, waiting upon Him, desiring Him, coveting Him, craving Him, longing for Him, expecting and having our hope fully set upon Him. That's how righteousness comes in our life and in our society. We need to be centered on and seeking the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. But,

Going on in verse 10 and 11, he says, Let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the Lord. Lord, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see, but they will see and be ashamed for the envy of people. For their envy of people, I'm sorry. Yes, the fire of your enemies shall devour them. Here's the key. If you seek the Lord...

If he's the desire of your heart, if you've waited for him, the result is righteousness in your life. God's righteousness. But if you don't seek the Lord, if he's not the passion, if he's not your expectation and hope, even if grace is shown to you, you will not learn righteousness. He says if grace is shown or let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he won't learn righteousness. Even if there's the opportunity of forgiveness. Yes.

of blessings. Even if God shows Himself abundantly, if a person is not in a place where they wait for the Lord, where they desire the things of God, the name of God, where they seek the Lord, if you don't want to follow God, grace will not impart righteousness to you. We've looked at grace. We've studied grace. It's undeserved favor and kindness. We can't earn it. We can't deserve it. But it's given to us when we seek the Lord, when our heart is for Him, when we hope for Him, when we expect from Him.

And it's the only way to have His righteousness at work in our hearts. If you're struggling in righteousness and walking uprightly, it's not an issue of the mind. That's perfect peace. But here He says, "With my soul I have desired you in the night." It's an issue of the heart. It's an issue of our soul. We need to seek the Lord. He needs to be our hope. And when we struggle in uprightness, it demonstrates that we're off kilter somewhere.

There's a correction that needs to be made. We need to wait for the Lord. Our soul, our heart needs to yearn and crave for God. Going on, verse 12 through 15, he says, Lord, you will establish peace for us.

Verse 1.

You have increased the nation, O Lord. You have increased the nation. You are glorified. You have expanded all the borders of the land. Now, again, this song is sung by those in the land of Judah. This is the nation of Israel singing at a later date. It's a later time.

And they're singing this song in the midst of tribulation, saying, Lord, you will establish peace for us. But notice what they say, and this is so important for us to realize. For you have also done all our works in us. Philippians 2, verse 13 tells us that it's God who works in you to will and to do for his good pleasure.

The works that God does, He's the one who does them. He's the one who does the work within us. We can't do the work in us. We can't reform ourselves. We can't change ourselves. We can't accomplish things for ourselves. We can't have great careers by ourselves. Everything that we have is from God. And in this song, they're recognizing, Lord, You will establish peace for us. Why? Well, because You're the one who does all our works in us. Lord, it's You alone.

Who gives us the will and the to-do for your good pleasure. Philippians chapter 1 verse 6, a little bit earlier in the book, Paul says, He is faithful to complete the work that He began in you. God has begun a work in you. And here they're recognizing, Lord, you've done the work, you've done it all, and so you will establish peace. And then they go on to recognize in verse 13 and 14, as opposed to God, there are other masters.

There are other masters. He says, they say, look, Lord, we've had other masters beside you. They've had dominion over us. But by you only, we make mention of your name. You're the only one who's been good to us. Lord, you're the only one who has done a work in us. You're the only one who has given us strength. You're the only one who is worthy, who's alive. He goes on in verse 14. Hey, they're dead. The other masters that we've had, they're dead. They're deceased. They can't help. You've punished and destroyed them.

And instead, in verse 15, he says, you have, you have, you have, you are, you have. Over and over, it's all about the Lord. Lord, you've done the work. We've served other masters and we've found they can't satisfy us. They can't help us. They don't bring life to us. They can't establish peace for us. But Lord, you have and you will do the work. And it's you who does all the works within us. God does the work.

And so we need to have our minds stayed upon the Lord. We need to trust in the Lord that we might have perfect peace. We need to have our hearts, our souls focused on the Lord, seeking the Lord, earnestly desiring the things of God and His name to be reflected and glorified in our life. And our ways will be the way of uprightness. But it's not something that we can do. It's not something that we determine to do. It's not by our great discipline.

We need to recognize that it's God who can do this work, who wants to do this work, who desires to do this work in us. You say, well, I can't have perfect peace. I try to keep my mind focused on the things of God and it's just too hard. Yeah, it is. But it's God who works in you to will and to do. You know, my soul, it just craves other things. I don't know what the deal is, but I find myself in this unrighteousness and this wickedness and I find myself in this situation and

Because I can't get my heart to stay right there in relationship with God. It's God who does the work. We need to recognize, Lord, we've had other masters. Galatians chapter 4, Paul says, Hey, we are at one time in bondage to the elements of the world. We know what it's like. We were in bondage to sin and death. We know what it's like to be in bondage to the masters, their cruel masters in this world. The things that enslave us. They don't satisfy us. They make us miserable.

We know what it's like. We've had those masters. We need to turn to God and let him do the work in us that he wants to do.

Continuing on in verse 16 through 18, he says, Lord, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them. As a woman with child, as in pain, and cries out in her pains when she draws near the time of her delivery, so have we been in your sight, O Lord. We have been with child. We have been in pain. We have, as it were, brought forth wind. We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

I'm sorry, Evangelina. There's pain. We've been with child. We've been in pain. We've cried out. He says, look, Lord in trouble, they visited you. They've poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them. And we've been like a woman with a child. In her pain, she cries out when she draws near the time. This is all that we can do.

This is all that we have done. In verse 15, he says, you have, you have, you are, you have. And then in verse 18, we have, we have, we have, we have. And what have we done? We've accomplished nothing, he says. We haven't been able to do anything. The only thing we've been able to do is cry out. And that's the point. That's all that we need to do. In the times of trouble, in the times of difficulty, when there's the tribulation, when there's the turbulence, what do we do?

We need to cry out and we need to look to the Lord. As Israel, in the midst of the tribulation, is going through the worst time the world has ever seen, they're crying out to God. They're expressing their weakness. Lord, we've tried it. We haven't been able to accomplish any deliverance on the earth. We haven't been able to do anything, God. They recognize. This is where God wants us to be. Jesus said, without me, you can do nothing.

We are nothing. We have nothing. We have no strength. We aren't a little bit good. We don't have a little bit of goodness or a little bit of righteousness. We're completely depraved. Without goodness, all we can do is cry out to God and praise God that he gives us that opportunity. Praise God that he sent his son that we could cry out to him. Like Judah, we've been with child. We've been in pain. We've faced the difficulty and we have accomplished nothing.

Here's God's response, though, in verse 19.

Verse 20, Here's God's response.

God says, your dead shall live together with my dead body. Now, some scholars will disagree, but I see it very clearly here. This is Jesus Christ. First Corinthians chapter 15 makes it very clear that we follow the pattern of Jesus Christ, that we will be resurrected because he was resurrected. He was the firstborn among his brethren.

And he says, here's the solution. Here's the resolution. Here's what we look to as we cry out to God, as they will cry out to God. God says, your dead shall live. He who believes in me will never die. Even as Jesus Christ has been resurrected, you and I will be resurrected.

To have everlasting life as we believe in Jesus Christ. Together with my dead body, they shall arise, awake and seeing you who dwell in the dust. For your due is like the due of the earth, and the earth shall cast out the dead. God says, look, there's hope. Here's where you focus. Here's what's going to happen. Your dead shall live. There's an everlasting life in store. There's an everlasting life awaiting. Even though it's difficult. Even though there's tribulation. There's eternal life in store for you. And he goes on in verse 20 and 21.

He says, I'm going to protect my people. Come, my people, enter your chambers. Now, this could be referring to, and I would suggest that it refers to both. It refers to the church that God raptures up.

Before the tribulation period, he says, come my people into your chambers and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourself, as it were, for a moment until the indignation is passed. Because 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 tells us that God has not appointed us to wrath. He's going to take the church out of the picture until the indignation is passed. Hide yourselves. Come my people. Come up here. John heard the voice in Revelation 4. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound, we're going to be caught up together with the Lord.

But then also, for those who are left behind, for those who go through the tribulation period, for the people of God, the nation of Israel, Revelation chapter 12, verse 6 tells us that they're in the middle of the tribulation as the serpent, the dragon, Satan, is coming against the children of Israel, that God prepares for them a place in the wilderness and harbors them and protects them in the midst of the tribulation period.

Again, come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation is passed. Here's the goodness of God. He's punishing the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. And yet, like in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah, he brings out his people. He calls them out. He calls them aside as the judgment of God is being poured out. Instead of going into chapter 27, let's just stay here for a moment in chapter 26 this evening.

Here's the song that will be sung and the song that you and I can sing right now. Because we are born again. We have new life in Christ. And so God offers to us perfect peace. If only our minds will be stayed upon him. Is your mind stayed upon Jesus Christ? The worship team, you guys can go ahead and come back up. And they're going to lead us in a song. And as they do, I want to encourage you and challenge you.

To stay your mind. To fix your mind. Do you need perfect peace this evening? It's not found by that solution that the other person suggested or the finagling or the conniving or the schemes or the rays. It's found by focusing our minds on Jesus Christ. Trusting the Lord forever. For He's the Rock of Ages.

If you need perfect peace this evening, as we worship the Lord, this is the time between you and the Lord. Focus your mind. Turn your heart to the things of God. Or maybe, perfect peace, yeah, that's not really your issue this evening, but it's walking uprightly. There's that issue that you've been dealing with or struggling with, or that area that you know that God has told you you need to knock it off, but you haven't done it. But you're struggling. You keep falling. You keep stumbling. He says, look,

Wait for the Lord. Let Him be the desire of your soul. With your soul, desire Him in the night. Seek Him early, earnestly, diligently during this song. Get your heart right with God if you need to walk uprightly. Let your soul be captivated by Him. Ask Him. Because again, it's not something we can do. It's God's work. It's not ours. And so like Israel, we need to cry out to Him and profess our weakness in the area of our mind, in the area of our soul.

And as we cry out to God, His response will be that of salvation, of life, abundant life and life eternal, where He calls us into His chambers to give us the peace that passes all understanding, the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ. It's His work. He will be faithful to complete the work that He began in you. And it's Him who works in you to will and to do for His good pleasure. So during this song,

Let's spend time personally just between you and God, putting your mind on Him, craving Him and desiring Him with your soul, with your heart, waiting upon Him, looking to Him, crying out to Him that He would do the work in us. Let's seek the Lord together as we worship Him. We pray you have been blessed by this Bible teaching. The power of God to change a life is found in the daily reading of His Word. Visit ferventword.com to find more teachings and Bible study resources.