DAILY LIGHT - DECEMBER 23 MORNING

Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me.

I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil. — There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

In Christ Jesus ye who sometime were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace.

It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell: and having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself. — Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past: ... that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Trust ye in the LORD for ever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

ISA. 27:5. Jer. 29:11. -Isa. 48:22. Eph. 2:13,14. Col. 1:19,20. Rom. 3:24 26. I John 1:9. Isa. 26:4.

Broken Bread
DAILY DEVOTIONS FROM THE DAILY LIGHT

by
Evan Hopkins

Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me.--Isa. 27:5

If any wish to cease from that ruinous opposition to divine love, here is an opening granted them for doing so. . . ."Let a man lay hold of My strong refuge":--let him flee to my altar of reconciiation (compare 1 Kings 1:50). He may escape my "severity," if he will embrace My "goodness" (Rom. 11:22) (Dr. Kay in the Speaker's Bible). When we lay hold of Christ, who is the power of God, we find peace with God. But the words in our text do not mean that the sinner has to make peace with God--for the true rendering is, "Let him make peace for me." God is here inviting the sinner to make peace for Him; "as if He were the party that sued for the cessation of hostilities" (compare 2 Cor. 5:20). . . . "Let him assure Me by a solemn league (Josh. 9:15, same word) that he will not again wage war with Me; for he is the aggressor. I have provided a covenant of peace (Num. 25:12), to be administered by the Prince of Peace (Isa. 9:6), who in His own person will bear 'the chastisement of their peace' (53:5). I have issued a proclamation, ' Peace! Peace!' " (26:3).