Word for the Week

An incredible burden lifted

Week beginning: 15th November, 2015 | By Claire Wilkinson | Nairobi, Kenya

"Listen to me... you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

Isaiah 46:3-4 (NIV, 1994 edition)

An incredible burden lifted

In the face of judgment from God – invasion by Persia – Bel and Nebo, the gods of the Babylonians, do not just fail to save the people but they are heavy burdens that they must carry as they flee (v1-2).

Often, we think