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February 17
Wednesday


IN THE
CAR WASH

READ:
Isaiah 43:1-13
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When you pass through
the waters, I will be
with you.
__Isaiah 43:2
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I'll never forget my first experience using an automatic car wash. Approaching it with the dread of going to the dentist, I pushed the money into the slot, nervously checked and rechecked my windows, eased the car up to the line, and waited. Powers beyond my control began moving my car forward as if on a conveyor belt. There I was, cocooned inside, when a thunderous rush of water, soap, and brushes hit my car from all directions. What if I get stuck in here or water crashes in? I thought irrationally. Suddenly the waters ceased. After a blow-dry, my car was propelled into the outside world again, clean and polished.

In the midst of all this, I remembered stormy times in my life when it seemed I was on a conveyor belt, a victim of forces beyond my control. "Car-wash experiences," I now call them. I remembered that whenever I passed through deep waters my Redeemer had been with me, sheltering me against the rising tide (Isa. 43:2). When I came out on the other side, which I always did, I was able to say with joy and confidence, "He is a faithful God!"

Are you in the middle of a car-wash experience? trust God to bring you through to the other side. You'll then be a shining testimony of His keeping power. __Joanie Yoder
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```````````````````How wonderful to know that He````````````````
``````````````````````Who watches from above``````````````````
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````````````````````His ever-present love! __King````````````````
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A tunnel of testing can produce a shining testimony.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 43:1-13*************

1 But now, thus says the
LORD, who created you, O
Jacob, and He who formed
you, O Israel: "Fear not, for
I have redeemed you; I have
called you by your name;
You are Mine. 2 When you
pass through the waters, I
will be with you; and
through the rivers, they shall
not overflow you. When you
walk through the fire, you
shall not be burned, nor
shall the flame scorch you.

3 For I am the LORD your
God, the Holy One of Israel,
your Savior....

5 "Fear not, for I am with
you; I will bring your
descendants from the east
and gather you from the
west.... 7 Everyone who is
called by My name, whom I
have created for My glory; I
have formed him, yes, I
have made him." ...

10 "You are My witnesses,"
says the LORD, "And My
servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and
believe Me, and understand
that I am He. Before Me
there was no God formed,
nor shall there be after Me.

11 I, even I, am the LORD,
and besides Me there is no
savior. 12 I have declared and
saved, I have proclaimed,
and there was no foreign
god among you; therefore
you are My witnesses," says
the LORD, "that I am God.

13 Indeed before the day
was, I am He; and there is
no one who can deliver out
of My hand; I work and
who will reverse it?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In our reading today, we are reminded of the believer's destiny.
"Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for
My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him" (v.7). The
Westiminster Shorter Catechism tells us: "Man's chief end is to
glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." __DENNIS FISHER