Is 30: 19-21, 23-26
The Kingdom To Come
19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
23 He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows. 24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
From our Pandemic Vantage Point, the promises of Isaiah are sweeter than ever. Read through the agricultural imagery to the world we all long for. Advent gives us promise of deliverance and hope for a brighter future, for which we are all in the market. Gloomy, rainy Autumnal days add to the desire for light and relief and Isaiah assures us that they will come.We need to stop our worrying and "woe is me" attitude and put our confidence in God's saving power. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
Bro. Rene
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