Isaiah 42

March 9, 2022

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Isaiah 42 (NIV)

The Servant of the Lord
1“Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
2 He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
3 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
4 he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”.........Continue Reading

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  1. I love the song of praise in this chapter. It reminded me the power of worship and worship not only in the good we see in our lives but the judgement and correction. The difficult times mean God is working and while we may not understand we can trust it is for our good and we must sing and be grateful especially then.
    We don’t want to be the blind and the deaf that He speaks of that think they know God and think they are following His plans but actually are just slaves to the world, flesh, pride, and ignorance. God will judge those people and we need to be prepared to face God knowing our hearts and minds are clean of these things.

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  2. “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.”
    ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬
    https://isaiah.bible/isaiah-41-13
    Bea Seavey made me aware of this scripture when she gave it to my mother for her comfort in her last days. Thank you, dear Bea.

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  6. How wonderful to see what the servant of the Lord will accomplish and what His character would be like. We can certainly see the person and works of Jesus in this and therefore be confident that is whom Isaiah is referring to here. He will be compassionate and promote righteousness and justice. He will be a light to the Gentiles, brings sight to the blind and free people from darkness and prison. The Lord is the one who will accomplish this through His servant and He will not share His glory with another, not because He is insecure but because it just wouldn’t be true to do so. No one else deserves glory because no one else is the ultimate source of their being, except for God.

    And the natural response to all of this is for God’s people to praise Him. Notice that much of the praise is oriented to the very things the servant of the Lord is and what He will accomplish. But Israel has been blind and deaf to these realities. They have not seen God for who He is and have rejected His ways. Therefore they are a people who are punished and looted….and it is God who has done it to them because of their unrighteousness. May we be more faithful than they in recognizing who God is and following Him the way that we should.

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  7. Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
    My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
    I have put My Spirit upon Him;
    He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
    He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
    Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
    A bruised reed He will not break,
    And smoking flax He will not quench;
    He will bring forth justice for truth.
    He will not fail nor be discouraged,
    Till He has established justice in the earth;
    And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

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