God’s Peaceful Creation: A New Beginning

Friday, November 8th: Isaiah 65:17-25

Bible Verse:

“The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent’s food.”

— Isaiah 65:25 (EHV)

Devotion:

Isaiah gives us a beautiful picture of what the world will be like when God makes everything new. He describes a peaceful world where even animals that used to be enemies, like wolves and lambs, will live together peacefully. This is a sign of how God will bring peace and harmony to all of His creation.

We can look forward to this time when God will make everything right. It’s a reminder that no matter how much trouble there is in the world today, God is in control, and He is working to bring about peace. Until then, we can do our part by showing kindness, love, and peace to those around us.

Questions to think about:

1. What does this passage say about peace in God’s new creation?

2. How can we show peace and kindness to others right now?

3. What are some ways you can help make the world a more peaceful place?

Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for the promise of peace in Your new creation. Help me to share Your peace and love with everyone I meet. Amen.

Activity Idea:

Draw a picture of animals living together in peace, just like in Isaiah’s vision.

Full Bible Reference:

“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. ‘Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,’ says the Lord.”

— Isaiah 65:17-25 (EHV)