#soap # Isaiah 10 ## Title: It Won’t Always Be This Way ## Scripture: (Isaiah 10:20) “At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.” (NET) ## Observation: Not too long ago, I was working with my daughter on an issue we all face. She was barely in middle school and already tired of school. When she thought about all the years she had left, she was struggling with discouragement. I tried to tell her it wouldn’t always be that way. Before she knew it, she would look back on her current situation as a passing memory. However, that is easy for me to say. It has been years since I was in middle school. I know what the next days are like. All the world before her is still a mystery. This can be what it is like when we are in a crisis or discouraging season. We can struggle to take it in stride because it feels as though bad times are here to stay and it will always be like this. Even though we know that nothing lasts forever, we cannot imagine a different life so we feel stuck in discouragement forever. This is the promise that God is giving the nation of Israel through Isaiah. It may seem like you are in a bad deal forever but you are not. Even though you cannot imagine what a different life will be like, trust Me. It is coming and it will be great. ## Application: Trust the Lord as He directs you through uncertain days. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being a trustworthy Guide.