Crooked Made Straight

Good Morning,

Isaiah 40:4 (KJV)
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.

Now, this verse speaks of the coming of Jesus, of course, in the context of where it's found in Isaiah. But, sometimes the Holy Spirit says something into our minds about the words we read in the Bible that may, or may not, directly point to the section where we find a particular verse.

Today, what I saw was just the small part of this verse that says, "...and the crooked shall be made straight...", and I heard pretty clearly the Holy Spirit reminding me how crooked I was and how straight God has made me.

Before we come to walk with the Lord, we are crooked and hilly and anything but ready to be the dwelling place of the Lord and to have an intimate relationship with Him. So God takes us and then He does to us what we read in this verse of Scripture when we read, "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill be made low and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain." What I heard as I saw this verse was how my live, the valley I had lived in, was exalted by God as I gave my life over to Him. I heard that the mountains and hills that had constituted who I was at that time was made low and evened out by God. My crooked life was straightened out by having accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. And, my "rough places" were made plain because of the grace and glory of God.

You see, we've got to be open to hearing the Holy Spirit when He speaks to us as we read Scripture. Sometimes He will reveal something to us that we've never seen...or even considered...in the past. God does that. Usually it's right when we need it or right when someone else needs to hear what He says through us.

So, please, as you read Scripture, be aware that God will speak through it to you. Don't try to silence that still, small voice which helps us to truly understand what God wants us to know.

Listen, learn, and enjoy the fact that God does, truly, talk to you.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David