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Chapter 32 (ESV)

¹⁵ until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
¹⁷ And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
¹⁸ My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
¹⁹ And it will hail when the forest falls down,
and the city will be utterly laid low.
²⁰ Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

 

REFLECTION:

1. God has promised again after so much judgment and punishment, that the ultimate outcome for God’s people will be justice and righteousness and peace. The people of God are urged to have confidence to wait for the good gifts that God will yet give in the future.
2. What does it mean for righteousness to result in quietness? Close your eyes.  Picture the complete quietness of your soul.  Feel the peace settling over you, a glimpse of the kingdom to come.  How can you better cultivate quietness?

 

PRAYER:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what He wants to tell you.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in your spiritual journal.

 

HYMN:

Be Still My Soul (In You I Rest) – youtu.be/mq59iE3MhXM