In this Lectio Divina episode, Phil guides us through Lectio Divina with Isaiah 43:14-21. Lectio Divina is a way of listening to Scripture with a prayerful Spirit. Sit back, create some space, and encounter God in Scripture!

Isaiah 43:14-21 (NIV)

14 “This is what the Lord says— 

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: 

“For your sake I will send to Babylon 

and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,

in the ships in which they took pride. 

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, 

Israel’s Creator, your King.” 

16 This is what the Lord says— 

he who made a way through the sea, 

a path through the mighty waters, 

17 who drew out the chariots and horses, 

the army and reinforcements together, 

and they lay there, never to rise again, 

extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 

18 “Forget the former things; 

do not dwell on the past. 

19 See, I am doing a new thing! 

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? 

I am making a way in the wilderness 

and streams in the wasteland. 

20 The wild animals honor me, 

the jackals and the owls, 

because I provide water in the wilderness 

and streams in the wasteland, 

to give drink to my people, my chosen, 

21 the people I formed for myself

that they may proclaim my praise.”