Surety.

“Didn’t you once make mincemeat of Rahab, dispatch the old chaos dragon? And didn’t you once dry up the sea, the powerful waters of the deep, and then made the bottom of the ocean a road for the redeemed to walk across? In the same way God’s ransomed will come back, come back to Zion cheering, shouting, joy eternal wreathing their heads, exuberant ecstasies transporting them - and not a sign of moans and groans. (What Are you afraid of - or Who?) I, I’m the One comforting you. What are you afraid of - or who? Some man or woman who’ll soon be dead? Some poor wretch destined for dust? You’ve forgotten me, God, who made you, who unfurled the skies, who founded the earth.” -Isaiah 51:9-12

This is the kind of God we have: A God who frees us from our self-made chaos and the chaos that swirls around us. A God, that against all earthly odds, can and will lead His children to safety no matter the size of the army pursuing them or the size of the body of water blocking their way. A God that, even though we don’t deserve it, wants to adorn us with joy eternal and exuberant ecstasies.  Truly, what are we afraid of? I pray our fear and uncertainty is displaced with Surety in the one who unfurled the skies and founded the earth. Amen.