Today's encouragement comes from Isaiah 48:22, where we see these pow-erful few words:
" 'There is no peace,' says the LORD, 'for the wicked.' "These words become a refrain in Isaiah. He ends major sections of his thought with them. Who are the wicked? All those who live contrary to the gospel of grace, and who refuse to love and cling to the Lord Jesus Christ. These are found both inside and outside of the realm of organized religion.
If the wicked are *never*, even for a solitary moment, at peace—then, who would want to be wicked? Do not even worldlings strongly desire a sense of solace in their hearts? Surely they think they do; but in fact they do not—since they reject the Prince of Peace. By faith, may our souls dwell content-edly in Jesus today, no matter how much turmoil swirls all around us, (cf. Rom. 5:1).
[Puritan quote of the day: "Christ incarnate is nothing but love covered with flesh. As Christ's assuming our human nature was a masterpiece of wisdom, so it was a monument of free grace.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divin-ity"]
