Sermon for today.

July 16 Isaiah 55:10-13 Renewing Word 6^th Sunday after Pentecost

God renews through creation and through His Word.

                                Psalter reading Psalm 65:5-13

“5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; 6 ¶ Who established the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power; 7 You who still the noise of the seas, The noise of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. 8 They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs; You make the outgoings of the morning and evening rejoice. 9 You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. 10 You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth. 11 You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.” (Psalm 65:5-13 NKJV)

“10 "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12 "For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."” (Isaiah 55:10-13 NKJV)

Every day God is renewing all of His creation!  The sunrise (the sun doesn’t really rise) reminds us of the renewal of God’s blessing and grace.  The dew refreshes and renews the earth so His seed grows.

And the seed is God’s Word, Jesus Christ.  Jesus planted in the hearts of His children is the Gospel making each one of us the fruit of God and within us is the seed of God’s grace to be shared with others to refresh them and to plant God’s seed in their lives.

There are always those who will plant thorns and weeds, but God uses His children to plant the small seed of faith which can remove the mountains of sin. Then through the pressure and heat of life we can become the diamonds of God’s glory refreshing and enriching all of creation!!!

Listen carefully and hear the Joy of the Lord spreading throughout creation overwhelming the doomsayers and singing God’s glory throughout creation!