Isaiah Redux

Who doesn’t need comfort these days? Especially the Lord’s comfort. He offers this over and over in the Scriptures. God wants all good things for us. He’s always there with His arms outstretched waiting for us to turn around and see Him, to run to Him.

Things often went poorly for the Israelites. But listen to the comfort He offers to those stiff-necked, stubborn people who were their own worst enemies (Israelites = us). This is Isaiah 52:7-10.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all – individuals and nations – could accept the Lord’s peace and comfort and then offer it to one another?