Today's Reading: Isaiah 49:14-16
See, I have written your name on my hand. Isaiah 49:16
This morning's devotional made me reflect on a song I used to hear from Nat King Cole. (Disclaimer) For all my Super Saved Saints who have never listened to secular music or don't understand how reading a Christian devotional on a Bible Passage can make me think of a secular song, STOP READING NOW! The Song says these words:
Unforgettable, That's what you are
Unforgettable, though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
how the thought of you does things to me
never before has someone been more
Unforgettable, in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
that someone so unforgettable
thinks that i am unforgettable too
That song came to my mind as I read these verses. This passage reminds us that God’s people are “unforgettable” to Him. In these verses, God gives His people some very precious reasons for hope. He lets them know that He has not abandoned them and He cannot forget about them.
We might not want to admit it, but there are times when we feel abandoned and forgotten by the Lord too. We wonder why the circumstances in our lives are like they are. We wonder why it seems like life is one trial after another. We wonder where God is in the world and why things appear to be out of control. Sometimes we feel like we have been forgotten!
These verses are designed to teach you that you are “unforgettable”. God cannot and will not forget about you, God cannot and will not forsake you. I want to show you how these verses present our God.
There are times when it feels as if God has forgotten us. When life beats us down and gets the best of us, it's easy to think we've been deserted. Maybe he's busy putting out fires elsewhere, we think to ourselves. And our prayers begin to feel empty and distant. That's why it's so important to stay in God's Word, because it reminds us that God is always near. Especially when we feel the most neglected.
Israel has been severely punished by the Lord for her sins and for her idolatry. Her cities have been ransacked and her sons and daughters have been carried off into captivity by her enemies. In this chapter, God promises to turn the captivity of His people. He is about to bring them home and all of nature is called upon to worship, v. 13.
There seems to be no cause for rejoicing in Zion. She feels as though she has been “forsaken” and “forgotten” by the Lord, v. 14. As far as Israel was concerned, they had been abandoned and ignored by their Lord. Their nation had been destroyed; their capital, Jerusalem, lay in ruins; their precious Temple had been utterly demolished. They were a broken people. God speaks to them in these verses and He lets them know that He has not forsaken them, nor has He forgotten about them.
Maybe you feel or have felt abandoned, neglected or forgotten by God, that somehow your sins have made God forget who you are, where you live or how you feel, The beauty of this 49th chapter of Isaiah is God reminds us it is impossible for God to forget us!
"Although it's hard to imagine it," God says to us, "a nursing mother might just forget her baby. It's possible, though not very probable. But one thing is not possible. I could never forget you."
"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands" (Isaiah 49:16, NIV). Like an obsessed lover, God has had our name tattooed on his hands. He won't forget us. When you feel forgotten by God, just close your eyes and envision the hands of the Almighty. And remember his words: "I could never forget you."
I. Because of the Lord's compassion, I am unforgettable vs 15
II. Because of the Lord's compulsion, I am unforgettable vs 16a
III. Because of the Lord's concentration, I am unforgettable vs 16b
Owens
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