Isaiah 53:1 (NKJV)

“Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?”

Let me begin by paraphrasing the beginning of this verse like this: who’s report have you believed? The enemy will try to get you to doubt what you believe is true. That’s why he struggles with you so that you won’t read your Bible because the Bible is absolute truth. The fight begins when what you believe is true (what you’ve read in Scripture) is challenged by what you see in the natural. Then the question arises, what will you believe? Who’s report will you believe? You can choose to believe what you see or you can choose to believe what God says. You can’t choose both. You will make truth out of one of these choices. Then another question arises, how much absolute truth is in you?

When you read and study your Bible, you are allowing truth to enter. The only way to know the difference between what is false and what is true is by having more truth in you. When you realize that your Bible is not some ancient artifact created by crazy men who didn’t have anything to do and start believing what it actually says, then the second part of this verse can come true for you. The arm of the Lord is only revealed to those who believe in His report. How can you say you believe in God and ignore what He says? How can man’s words overpower God’s? My point of view is this: If God created us, which He did, then He must know better than anyone else how we are suppose to function. Why do we keep going to the wrong people if God is the only one that can help us?

In this life you will be faced with two kind of reports. The doctor can read a negative report about your body, but will you believe God’s report that says by His stripes you are healed (Isaiah 53:5)? The bank might give you a negative report about your loan, but will you believe God’s report that He will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19)? The natural world can say something, but your faith in God should give you another report that should be able to overcome any other report. The thing is that when you accept the report, whether it’s God’s or not, it will come true for you. Whose report you believe is what you will get. The outcome is not determined by God, but by you. You alone have the power to overturn all the negative by accepting His Word. Truth will always win if you allow it in your life. When truth is in you, it’s easier to detect what is false. Allow Him to reveal His power to you by believing in His Words. You can experience it, it’s just a matter of choosing which report you will believe in.

Filed under: Devotionals, Reflections by Adilson Chacón