I have loved this verse, Today’s Text, for years. Since I first learned of it as a young Preacher, I suspect.

It is no doubt to be completely fulfilled during the coming Millennium, that Golden Age that will descend upon earth when Jesus comes again!

But still … I believe that even personally I have experienced (and seen) it come to fruition … even during these dark days.

Here it is: “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24, with God Himself being the Speaker.

The verse, quite clearly, speaks of PRAYER. People “calling.” And God “hearing.” More than that, God “answering!”

And we all know (and have known since we got saved) that God indeed answers prayer.

As in Jeremiah 33:3 … “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”

But Jesus too, promised such: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8

But the unique thing about Isaiah 65:24 is that God is here promising to “hear and answer” … even BEFORE His people even ask!

Wow!

As if (and of course it is true) God can “read” our desires and longings, even before we express them!

I know He has “answered” some of my prayers … prior to my ever asking them!

Let’s all we all stop right now … and THANK HIM for His Attentiveness to our needs!

Dr. Mike Bagwell

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