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Isaiah 51:4 - Promise of future comfort is a comfort in the present - Day 170

Good morning fellow pilgrims,

As we continue in the comforting portion of Isaiah, the many facets of His promises are on display.  Since we are finite (bound by space and time), it is difficult to see beyond these limits.  Yet God graciously gives us a picture through Isaiah's words.  As believers, the present is not all we have.  We can live knowing that the future is secure.

Blessings,

Jeff

The future comfort of Zion. Isaiah is given a message for the future.  Listen to me, pay attention and similar statements throughout this chapter.  Like a letter written to a generation in the future. Somebody in Isaiah's time could read it but not really understand what he was talking about. The "immediate" application to post-exile which is 100 years in future and the advent of the Messiah even further off.  The Jews living when the messiah comes should see the fulfillment. 

God's Justice, righteousness and salvation are connected. "My" refers to God, not Isaiah.  This is a great comfort to all believers.  This is a reminder that these attributes have been true in the past, are true in the present and will be true in the future.  God does not change.  Regardless of circumstances, God justice, righteousness and salvation are sure.  I delight in Him, I take refuge in Him.

"Abide with me" is one of my favorite hymns

Verse 2

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day, 

Earth's joys grow dim and its glories pass away

Change and decay in all around I see

O thou who changest not, abide with me,

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