What He Pleases

What He pleases

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. 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.

Isaiah 55:10-11

Isaiah, chapter 55 in whole is such a beautiful and encouraging piece of scripture. I love this chapter of Isaiah and find it interesting that the name Isaiah means “salvation”. In chapter 55, the prophet Isaiah speaks of  salvation through God’s grace.

Isaiah creates a visual for us in verse 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.”

Verse 10

We picture rain and snow falling down from Heaven, It’s hard to even imagine it returning there :) But the purpose of the rain and the snow is to provide health and nourishment to the soil and vegetation that it may be fruitful. Being a fairly new gardener, I appreciate the rains and watching the gardens bring forth bud and fruits. The fruits (or vegetables ;)) provide nourishment and they also provide seed to continue the harvest.

Likewise God’s word.

“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.”

Verse 11

~Whose word?

~From whose mouth?

God’s.

It is important to note that God’s word is the word that will not return void. God’s word spoken from God’s mouth, a vessel used for God’s Glory.

We often hear this verse, but not in its entirety. We often overlook the second half of this verse (guilty as charged!)

“…But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

~What shall it accomplish?

~Who shall it please?

~Will it prosper?

~What for?

It’s all about Him.

-It shall accomplish what God pleases.

-It shall please God

-It will prosper in the very thing that God sent it for.

Wow! Even better! :)

When I first read the whole verse I was so blessed, above and beyond. Not only does His word not return void BUT it shall accomplish what God pleases and will prosper for the very thing He sent it for :)

This caused me to think.

~How often do we miss out because we only catch some of God’s word?

~How can we be even more effective for our King?

*Spend time in prayer

When we spend that quality time with Jesus we see what He wants us to do. We become in one accord with our Savior therefore being a vessel to share God’s word and love

God’s word will accomplish what He pleases and it will prosper in the very thing which He sent it for.

When God sees our hearts, hopefully He sees a willing servant concerned with the salvation of others and glory being brought to His name.

The prophet Isaiah spent 60 years sharing God’s word and the redemption of man.

~How many years have we spent?

I often think of the years I have wasted not knowing my Savior or not serving Him as I should have.

The apostle Paul sums it up here:

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be the glory in the church by Jesus Christ to all generations forever and ever. Amen”

Ephesians 3:20-21

God will give us above and beyond what we need. He continues to bless us despite whether we are as faithful to Him as we should be. He is our reigning King forever and ever. Ladies let us be encouraged to constantly be in His word, to pour into our prayer life so that we may be used to accomplish what He pleases and bring forth the harvest to our King.

Our Prayer:

Heavenly Father, You are more than gracious with us. We thank You and love You so much! Father it is our desire to seek You wholeheartedly, to be a vessel for Your glory, to see others embrace Your Son as Lord and Savior. Father all praise and glory be to You our King. Thank You for loving us and welcoming us into Your arms. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.