More from Isaiah…
Trust/Peace:
26:3-4 – “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.”
50:10b – “Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.”
The blessings of waiting:
30:18 – “Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”
Interesting phrase:
32:6 – “[...] and his heart is busy with iniquity, [...]“
Stability in the LORD:
33:5-6 – “The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.”
Deliverance:
38:16b-17 – “Oh restore me to health and make me live! Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.”
43:1b-3a – ” ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
50:9a – “Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty?”
Power of God and waiting for the LORD:
40:28b-31: “He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Lots of “who”s describing the Redeemer: 44:24-28
50:2b – “Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?”
God’s faithful care:
46:4 – “even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”
People can still be sinful even if they seek God and delight in His ways. Our seemingly spiritual acts can be unrighteous. See Isaiah 58:1-3.
*Verses quoted here are from the ESV translation.
thanks for this. I really needed to see this
ladyelaine80
February 9, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Glad you liked it…you know, I recommend the speed read/skim style…not for all the time. And with the speed read style things can be missed and not understood, but I read some or all of Isaiah in a way where I didn’t seek to fully understand everything, but still I stumbled across a lot of neat things, and it was a neat experience.
Rachael
February 10, 2009 at 8:46 am