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| Marie Talbot 1953-2012 |
This promise of God was penned by the prophet Isaiah to the captives who sat
by the waters of Babylon and wept while their tormentors called for them to
sing glad songs of Zion. And so these promises of security are spoken to those
who know the threat of waters that rise and flames that burn bright. They have lost
hope of going home and their only comfort is in the thought of revenge upon the children born
to the Babylonians. (Psalm 137) But the promise of the One who formed them is
that they will not be abandoned to captivity for the God who heard their
cries in the past has heard them in the present. They will not be overwhelmed
or consumed by the things that threaten them because they are precious,
honored, loved, desirable objects of the Holy One’s affection. Truth is what we
experience in this life is often beyond our ability to tread water or shield ourselves from searing heat but then the word of God is to not be afraid despite all that
threatens. I think that means we do not believe the water of difficulty will
have the last word for us even if we drown or that the fire of suffering will
consume us. We are already eternal creatures known by name and treasured possessions
of the God who exists in the past-present-future. So we endure in the midst of captivity and overcome all that would cause us to doubt our treasured
status.
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