God’s Faithfulness ~ Our
Everlasting Hope!
LORD, You are my God; I
will exalt You and praise Your name, for in perfect faithfulness
During this season of
reflection and renewal, join me in exploring God’s Faithfulness. Do you find
strength for every circumstance in God’s Faithfulness? God IS
Faithful! God’s Faithfulness is our everlasting Hope! ~ Donna Oswalt
Indeed [God] says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My
Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, to Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation abhors, to the
Servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel; and
He has chosen You.”
This is the
second of four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah, each offering a different messianic
image of Christ. In Genesis, God makes a covenant with Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3). His
chosen people, Abraham’s descendants, are to be a “light to the Gentiles”, but
they decline. The prophet Isaiah explains that God’s Servant-Redeemer will be rejected
- by those He chose, by those refusing to believe, by powerful rulers of nations.
God introduces Jesus Christ, as a “new covenant”, because the promises of God
and His faithfulness do not end.
God’s
purpose for salvation remains extended to all people through the Redeemer,
Jesus Christ. The Author of Redemption knows the prisons that hold a soul in
bondage – lies, abuses, boredom, greed, words that defeat, actions
that destroy, busyness that drains, emptiness that desires. The darkness that
crucified Christ attempts to hold us hostage but can be abolished by the Light
of Christ. God’s faithfulness extends beyond His chosen people, the Jewish
nation. He offers Eternal Hope to the Gentiles, too. God’s faithfulness reconciles
each of us – any of us - through Christ.
Redeemer,
Holy One - find me in the darkness. Break the chains that try to hold me
captive. Be the Light that leads me to You. Great is Your faithfulness. -dho
Focus
Point: The
darkness that crucified Christ attempts to hold us hostage but can be abolished
by the Light of Christ.
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blogger and author Breathing Room
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“May you be
blessed by the Lord Who loves you best!”
