This is Day Ninety-Seven of 3650 Minutes of Prayer. This episode centers on the sheer magnitude of Isaiah 43:19 and the New Exodus. During the Babylonian Exile, God reminded Israel of their greatest miracle: parting the Red Sea. He took the untamable ocean, an ancient symbol of chaos and death, and ripped it in half to snuff out the Egyptian empire. Yet, He commands them to forget it because He is about to do a chadashah, a brand-new creation. In the first Exodus, God made a dry path through the water. In the New Exodus, He makes a watery path through the dry desert. He addresses two places of suffering. The wilderness (midbar) is a pathless place of wandering that strips away human control so God can finally speak. Here, God promises a derek, a clear road out. The desert (yeshimon) is a total wasteland of absolute death. Here, God promises naharot, roaring rivers of life. Yeshua HaMashiach is the exact fulfillment. When you are lost in the confusion of the wilderness, Jesus is the Way (hodos) back to the Father. When you are completely empty and dying of spiritual thirst in the desert, He pours out the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the river (potamos) welling up inside your inner man with overflowing life. These reflections lead us into prayer, asking God to carve His path through our confusion and let the rivers of the Holy Spirit flood the desolate places of our hearts. Prayer and Reflection Scriptures (AMP) Isaiah 43:16-19 (AMP)"Thus says the Lord, who makes a way through the sea and a safe path through the mighty waters, who brings out the chariot and the horse, the army and the mighty warrior, (they will lie down together, they will not rise again; they have been extinguished, they have been put out like a lamp’s wick): 'Do not remember the former things, or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.'" John 1:23 (AMP)"He said, 'I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as the prophet Isaiah said.'" John 14:6 (AMP)"Jesus said to him, 'I am the [only] Way to God and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.'" John 7:37-39 (AMP)"Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink! He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, "From his innermost being will flow continually rivers of living water."' But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward." Word Insight Hebrew Old Testament Chadashah [חֲדָשָׁה]: A new thing; a wonderful, unheard-of, brand-new creation. Midbar [מִדְבָּר]: Wilderness. An unpopulated, untamed, and pathless place of wandering. Rooted in dabar [דָּבַר], meaning "to speak," it is the place God removes worldly noise to speak to you. Yeshimon [יְשִׁימוֹן]: Desert. A total wasteland of absolute death and barrenness. Derek [דֶּרֶךְ]: A way, road, or course. Naharot [נְהָרוֹת]: Rivers; roaring, continuous, overflowing streams of life. Yam [יָם]: The sea. The ultimate ancient symbol of chaos, the abyss, and death. Greek New Testament Hodos [ὁδός]: A road, a journey, or a path. Potamos [ποταμός]: A massive, rushing river. There is One true God, the Creator of all things, revealed in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. There is One God and One Spirit Who has redeemed us all. I am Mathew Sekanjako, a believer in Christ Jesus Yeshua HaMashiach, the one Son of God. I serve and confess God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This intercession is offered in faith, in obedience, and in love, for all who will listen.
