I work and who will reverse it?

Isaiah 43:10b-13

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?”

So this week Monday devotions became Wednesday devotions, because I was travelling in the Eastern and Northern Cape.  On this particular trip we did not always have electricity and sometimes no water, since the water pumps work with electricity... and for some of the time we had absolutely no internet connection.  Amazing how we can do without things we otherwise these days see as absolute essentials.  We had to do without some of our usual plans in our presentations and we needed to make new plans, be creative and work with the resources we had, however  - God was still God.  He still is the only God, since no God was before Him, nor shall there be another God after Him.  He is the one and only saviour and we are His witnesses.  He declared that before the day was, He IS, and that no one can be delivered out of His hand, and then that last sentence really hit home for me: 

I work, and who will reverse it?  

In spite of our shortcomings, in spite of our lack of resources, or wisdom or knowledge or know-how.  In fact, in short we can simply say, "In spite of us"  He works and no one can reverse it!  What an amazing declaration!  I am so relieved that He still works in spite of us - that He is so much bigger than our resources, wisdom and abilities, or lack thereof - yes in spite of all that - He is the God who works - and no one will reverse it!

Point to ponder:

Call to remembrance and share a few stories this week of times when God worked in your life and no one could reverse it ...

I remember - Lauren Daigle