| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 59 secs | 0 Comments
Come! v1-3 God is an inviting God – inviting has two meanings. Firstly He is pleasant and attractive, like those gardens are “an inviting place”. And secondly He also invites you to come. He invites those who are thirsty and broke. There’s a thirst in your heart for something more to life, but it all […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 24 secs | 0 Comments
What riches there are in Isaiah 53 – it’s the Romans 8 of the Old Testament! He lived in rejection v1-3 The people closest to Christ on earth couldn’t understand him. He was known as a craftsman and it took faith to see Him as Christ. It still does. It is God who enables us […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 9 secs | 0 Comments
The last section of Isaiah at ch40 opened with “Comfort, comfort my people”, bringing hope of restoration to the people of Isaiah under threat from outside forces and their own sin. Chater 49 starts the next section with “Listen to me, O coastlands and give attention you people from afar.” The prophetic horizon is broadening. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
Wow this chapter is so powerful! There is so much in it and so much to meditate on! This chapter shows us so much of who God is: Comforting, loving and compassionate (v1-2) Powerful and sovereign (v10) Shepherd – protecting, looking after and carrying His sheep (v11) Immeasurable (v12) All knowing & understanding (v13-14) Incomparable […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 30 secs | 0 Comments
I read somewhere that ‘In that day’ referred to ‘the now’ and ‘not yet’. Literally the Kingdom of God recognised as both in the present and the future. The prophet starts by prophesying what is yet to come through the cross. Though God was angry with us, with our sin, he put in place a […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 28 secs | 0 Comments
Oh, how I love this chapter of Isaiah. Actually I love the whole book, especially since going through Ray Ortlund’s fantastic “Isaiah, God saves sinners“. The book kicks off concerned with the fate of the Southern two tribes between 740 and 700BC. Assyria is huffing and puffing, threatening Jerusalem. In chapter 10:15 Assyria boasts of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 51 secs | 0 Comments
Isaiah’s Vision – Isaiah chapter 6 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see a vision? In my whole life I can think of only two occasions when God has intervened in my mind to reveal or experience something which was supernatural. One was in a dream which I had about 25 […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 39 secs | 0 Comments
In the first half of this chapter we see the writer Solomon depicting a rather gloomy picture of old age for the purpose of encouraging the younger generation. He is encouraging younger people to remember the creator in the days of their youth before the evil days come. Evil in this context refers not to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
Have you ever been to a Corn Maze? From the outside it looks like a field of Corn. Walking through it, turn by turn and a bit lost gives a very different view. If you were to take a helicopter ride above, or film from a drone you’d see how the maze is cut from […]