Isaiah’s prophecy has been the source of comfort and courage to the heavy-hearted for thousands of years. This is God’s reassurance that the Lord still loves God’s own, that God is still our God, and we who have put our hope and trust in the Lord are God’s people.
Isaiah 40: Incomparable God
In order to true up the people's understanding of spiritual reality (which is not defined by physical appearances), Isaiah began to describe God from the proper perspective.
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Isaiah: A Second Chance
Their only consolation came through this word from God to them, through Isaiah’s ancient prophecy.
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Isaiah 40: God’s Enabling Grace
Knowing earthly glory does not last gives you and me the greater perspective that only eternal things are worth investing our hearts in. So we ask ourselves: What priorities might need to change in order to reflect a more eternal perspective?
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Isaiah 40: The King is Coming!
If you listened to the recitative in yesterday’s post, “Comfort Ye My People,” then you will instantly recognize today’s passage.
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Isaiah 40: The Comfort of God’s Grace
This passage was made famous by George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, “Comfort Ye My People,” the second piece heard in Part I. In this recitative, God gives comfort and promises salvation.
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Isaiah 40: God’s Comfort
God has not abandoned you, Isaiah was saying. Your best days are still ahead. Because of God’s grace He is coming to save you; your hope doesn’t need to depend on your ability, but rests completely on God and His love for you.
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Isaiah: Overview of Chapter 40-66
Chapter 39 marks the endpoint to the first historical era represented in Isaiah. Remember, this is a complex book recording the events of ancient Judah (and Israel) over the span of one hundred and fifty years.
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Isaiah 39: Flattery Got Them Everywhere
Assyria used weapons and threats, but that failed. The Babylonian’s subtle use of flattery and gifts worked because Hezekiah failed to take their matter to the Lord.
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Isaiah 38: God Turned Back Time
There is a spiritual maxim, here. God will present us with the same kind of trouble again and again.
