God is never defeated or thwarted by what happens in the real world. The Lord is actually able to work through everything to move forward with God’s plan, and all events have one ultimate goal of redemption and restoration.
Isaiah 45: Cyrus the Great
The Bible does not offer superficial answers to these questions. The Bible does not offer catchy slogans or rhyming word art. The Bible instead pushes us to a mature view of Who God really is, so that we can put our trust in the God of reality, the God Who actually exists.
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Isaiah 44: Sheer Madness
They are mindless, the prophet wrote, utterly without a clear thought in their heads. Otherwise, how in the world could they look at this perfectly good log, get so much good use out of it – thanks be to God who provided that log – then worship what’s left of it?!
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Isaiah 43: Behold, I Do a New Thing
After making a way to restoration and new life, after pouring rivers of refreshment and revival into the sere desert of their circumstances … there is no praise, there is no lifting of heads. You have been weary of Me, God said.
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Isaiah 42: Blind and Deaf, Blessed and Beloved
After speaking of God’s Covenant Servant, Isaiah now turned to a different kind of servant. servant. First, the prophet described what was wrong
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Isaiah 42: The First Servant Song
Have you ever heard of “fool’s gold"? Its real name is pyrite. Like pyrite, idols are a fool’s god. They may appear impressive, but they have none of the divine properties of God. They cannot deliver. #ServantSong #Isaiah42
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Isaiah 41: An Exposé
People gravitate towards whatever it is we think is reliable, that will take care of us, that will give us some sense of confidence and meaning, that will make us feel happy. Idols feel real because we can see them. But, much more importantly, we think we can make them do what we need.
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Isaiah 41: Three, Three, and Three
The Lord turned to God’s people and gave them three exhortations, three promises, and three reasons to believe. The physical promises of land and prosperity were to a specific people, the descendants of Abraham, Israel. From this perspective, God is keeping these promises to this day, as miraculously, Israel is once again a nation located on the very land God promised to Abraham. But the apostle Paul said that spiritually, these promises are intended for all those who know Abraham as their spiritual father, who have been grafted into the nation of Israel as God’s people through faith.
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Isaiah 41: God’s Elect
The pith of this teaching on election explains that God is sovereign, God controls and guides all events for God’s glory and for the good of God’s people.
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Isaiah 41: A Conqueror From the East
Who directs world events? Who has that power? Is it the nations themselves? Is it politics, economics, and diplomacy? Is it the power of each of the nations’ local deities? Did anybody, in fact, see these world events even coming? Do things “just happen,” or is God at work? Are we part of a larger story, or is the meaning of our lives up to us alone? God answers God’s own question, but to a deaf world.
