The Verse

If you are friends with me on Facebook, you may have noticed that I'm a huge fan of a show called The Chosen. You can check it out here The Chosen. It is a truly amazing show. During the scene when Jesus casts the demons out of Mary Magdalene, he quotes Isaiah 43:1, saying, "Thus saith the Lord who created you, and He who formed you. Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, YOU ARE MINE." Granted, it isn't in the Bible that Jesus said this, but Jesus did quote the Old Testament, and God did say this to Jacob. Either way, this verse started repeating over and over again in my head. I ended up falling in love with the whole passage and have been rereading it a lot since then. 

Isaiah 43:1-4 The Message Bible

But now, God’s Message,

    the God who made you in the first place, Jacob,

    the One who got you started, Israel:

“Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you.

    I’ve called your name. You’re mine.

When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you.

    When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down.

When you’re between a rock and a hard place,

    it won’t be a dead end—

Because I am God, your personal God,

    The Holy of Israel, your Savior.

I paid a huge price for you:

    all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in!

That’s how much you mean to me!

    That’s how much I love you!

I’d sell off the whole world to get you back,

    trade the creation just for you.

Those are some powerful words. I swear when I get through this, I'm going to get a tattoo of "You are mine. Isaiah 43:1" on my arm somewhere in fancy script. This is Old Testament scripture, but remember that in a sense, God did trade creation for each of us 2,000 years later, when he sent Jesus to die in our place. It's another example of him predicting and foreshadowing what would happen later. Let's not take that lightly. The message he gave to Jacob 4,000 years ago, it still a powerful message today. We just have the ability to see how it played out, and just how serious God was about trading everything for us. The least I can do is put my humble faith in the hands of someone who loves me that much.