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“TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE”
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
Isaiah 42:8-25
Psalm 21:1-6
"He asked life of thee,
and thou gavest it him…"
"TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE"
The ultimate purpose in the far-reaching mission of the Lord’s Servant is to bring glory to God (idols are condemned again). The prophet therefore called on the whole world from the wilderness to the cities, to the islands of the sea, to praise His Name.
Instead of dwelling on the gentleness and meekness of His Servant, the Lord was seen by the prophet as a warrior charging vociferously into the battlefield. He was seen as a woman moaning in childbirth. He let loose His pent-up feelings against evil. The evil and sin that was uppermost in the mind of the Lord was idolatry (Isa 42:17).
In Isaiah 42:19 is also the mention of a servant. This is not the Servant who is identified as the Christ. This servant is a blind servant and a deaf one: the personification of the backsliding nation of Israel. Israel had been a servant and messenger sent by the Lord to the world. But she was blind and deaf to her charge. She had become blind and deaf by her idolatry (Isa 42:17). Read Psalm 135:15-18. In Matthew 15:14, Jesus rebuked the Jewish leaders of His day as blind leaders of the blind. Israel’s God had done many mighty miracles before Israel, but she was blind to them all. Therefore she was left to be robbed, as a caravan was attacked by marauders in the desert and cruelly imprisoned. Israel had come under such a heavy punishment as being burnt in battle. Yet she did not realise what the cause of her misfortune was. How this applies to present predicaments facing Israel in all the hostilities surrounding her. Does Israel today know the Lord God and His Servant Jesus Christ whom He has sent 2,000 years ago?
THOUGHT: How do I respond to difficulties in my life?
PRAYER: "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice! O come to the Father thru’ Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; great things He hath done."
Posted in Adult RPG
Isaiah 42:8-25
Psalm 21:1-6
"He asked life of thee,
and thou gavest it him…"
"TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE"
The ultimate purpose in the far-reaching mission of the Lord’s Servant is to bring glory to God (idols are condemned again). The prophet therefore called on the whole world from the wilderness to the cities, to the islands of the sea, to praise His Name.
Instead of dwelling on the gentleness and meekness of His Servant, the Lord was seen by the prophet as a warrior charging vociferously into the battlefield. He was seen as a woman moaning in childbirth. He let loose His pent-up feelings against evil. The evil and sin that was uppermost in the mind of the Lord was idolatry (Isa 42:17).
In Isaiah 42:19 is also the mention of a servant. This is not the Servant who is identified as the Christ. This servant is a blind servant and a deaf one: the personification of the backsliding nation of Israel. Israel had been a servant and messenger sent by the Lord to the world. But she was blind and deaf to her charge. She had become blind and deaf by her idolatry (Isa 42:17). Read Psalm 135:15-18. In Matthew 15:14, Jesus rebuked the Jewish leaders of His day as blind leaders of the blind. Israel’s God had done many mighty miracles before Israel, but she was blind to them all. Therefore she was left to be robbed, as a caravan was attacked by marauders in the desert and cruelly imprisoned. Israel had come under such a heavy punishment as being burnt in battle. Yet she did not realise what the cause of her misfortune was. How this applies to present predicaments facing Israel in all the hostilities surrounding her. Does Israel today know the Lord God and His Servant Jesus Christ whom He has sent 2,000 years ago?
THOUGHT: How do I respond to difficulties in my life?
PRAYER: "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice! O come to the Father thru’ Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; great things He hath done."
Posted in Adult RPG