The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2 (Isaiah 6-9)
Isaiah saw the LORD. He witnessed the Holiness and glory of Heaven’s Throne and the future plan of salvation. Then, he was called to preach this message of Hope. It was destined to be rejected, but the receiver doesn’t determine the promise, the Giver does, and so, Isaiah kept going until the bitter end.
Hundreds of years before Jesus, Isaiah tells of a Messiah, called Immanuel at His birth, a descendant of David, son of Jesse, who will establish a Kingdom, and draw all those who believe and love God to Himself. This Child, the Prince of Peace, Savior, would humble Himself and become flesh, to wash the feet of His friends, cry with two sisters as they grieve for their brother, take dusty rowdy children onto His lap, shake hands and dine with the socially outcast and touch the diseased to make them whole. And He kept on until the very end.
Oh! How very loved we are. God didn’t give up then and He’s not throwing in the towel today. There will be no bitter end for those who believe, for Light has dawned and cast away all shadows and we will live forever.
Have a great weekend!
Gretchen