Wells of Salvation

Wells Of Salvation 1-19-10

Isa 12:2 "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

Isa 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

   Isaiah chapter 12 is a song of praise that Isaiah wrote to celebrate the deliverance and salvation of Israel and his trust in the Lord Jehovah; even though he knew that Israel and Judah was soon to be taken into captivity by the Babylonians.

  Isaiah acknowledges Jehovah as his salvation and declares his trust in him. We should also declare our trust in the Lord when things on the horizon are looking ominous. We can trust and not be afraid for the Lord is our strength and our song. There are two other places in the bible where the writers declare the LORD (Jehovah) to be our 'strength and song'. (See: Exodus 15:2, and Psalms 118:14 .)

   Dire circumstances are never bigger than the God that we serve! Let us declare him to be our salvation and rest in his strength! Draw water from the inexhaustible wells of salvation; drink freely of the water of life, and determine to enjoy the abundant life that he has promised us. In spite of any problems that we are faced with, He has promised that he would never leave us or forsake us; nothing can separate us from his love!

   Sometimes we claim the Lord as our strength, but we forget that he is also our song and our source of joy. He wants to flood us with his joy in the midst of our problems, give us strength to overcome, and give us a song to heal our grief and misery.

   The original Hebrew word which is translated as 'salvation' has whole range of meanings: it is more than a promise that we will go to heaven when we die! 'Salvation' [yshuah] means deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity, health, help, and salvation; according to Strong's dictionary of Hebrew words. Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means 'Jehovah Saves'. Jesus is our salvation; he is our deliverance, our health, our prosperity, our help and our victory! Jesus said “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Jn.16:33

   This salvation that Jesus has secured for us by his Blood, is a complete salvation, and all who trust him, will enjoy the benefits of his grace in this life, as well as in the next, when we are long gone from here.

© 2010 Rev. Charles J. Loubert