Let the Lord Speak

So I am here in Caracas again, but for the last time. It is a lot different here now. Our mission office, where I stay when I come here, is empty at night time. Missionary Pastor Ted and his wife Rebecca recently moved to the Dominican Republic to join in the work that is going on there. So I am in the big house that LCMS owns here and hearing little sounds and there is no one to talk with, except Jesus.

I wrote and sent our final newsletter as LCMS Missionaries today and the Bible verse I quoted was from my devotion this morning, in The Message version; Isaiah 51:4-6,

""Pay attention, my people.
Listen to me, nations.
Revelation flows from me.
My decisions light up the world.
My deliverance arrives on the run,
my salvation right on time.
I'll bring justice to the peoples.
Even faraway islands will look to me
and take hope in my saving power.
Look up at the skies,
ponder the earth under your feet.
The skies will fade out like smoke,
the earth will wear out like work pants,
and the people will die off like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
my setting-things-right will never be obsolete."

Some people might think it is coincidence, but I believe that God placed this word in front of me today for a reason. I have mentioned that I feel called back to the market place, to a place where life is quite dark and gloomy now; a place where there isn't much hope. But we have hope in Christ's salvation, as it is written here; it will last forever. The stock market may crash, we might lose our jobs, we might lose a loved one unexpectedly; but His salvation is right on time and His will to set things right will never be out of place.

God, give us faith to trust in your Word and Power to save us!