The heavens will vanish like smoke, but my salvation will last forever.

Isaiah 51, 6.

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

God's promise, beyond the ruins, was written in red by Wyn Collier.

Isaiah chapter 51 verses 1 to 6.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord.

Look to the rock from which you were cut into the quarry from which you were hewn.

Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you

birth. When I called him, he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many. The Lord will

surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins. He will make her deserts like Eden,

her wastelands like the Garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving, and the sound of singing. Listen to me, my people, hear me, my nation.

Instruction will go out from me.

My justice will become a light to the nations.

My righteousness draws near speedily.

My salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations.

The islands will look to me and wait and hope for my arm.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth beneath. The heavens will vanish like smoke.

The earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants die like flies.

But my salvation will last forever.

My righteousness will never fail.

God's promise beyond the ruins.

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