Isaiah 48, 49, 50
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is bet for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:16-19 gives us a picture of what would have happened to Israel if they had obeyed God’s commandments and stayed faithful to Him. Peace would flow like a river, righteousness would be like waves of the sea, descendants would be like numberless grains, and their name would never be destroyed or cut off. God greatly desires to give good things to His children and see them prosper. Unfortunately, we resist being obedient to His commands. We think we know better or we think we deserve freedom from rules. But the inescapable truth is that God knows what’s best for us and He is a just, holy God.
Thankfully for all of us, God will never leave or forget about His children, no matter what sin they commit. Isaiah 49:8-13 gives the Israelites hope for the future. “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, 'Be free!’ ”
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