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November 7 - Isaiah 42 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. Sean here.
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  I hope you're going well. Thank you for tapping on play.
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  Good to have your company as we are going to continue through
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  the book of Isaiah today. Today we are up to Chapter 42.
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  Chapter 42 is going to spend some time talking about God's
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  chosen servant, and there is just pages and pages and pages
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  of theories as to who the servant is.
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  Is the servant. The nation of Israel is the
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  servant. The Persian king coming down is
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  the servant, the Messiah. Yet to come is the servant King
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  David or Isaiah himself. Everyone has their own opinion,
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  and in the end, commentators encourage you to see who you
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  feel. The servant is not very helpful,
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  is it? And then there will be a
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  beautiful song of praise to God, and then talk of Israel's
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  failure to listen. Yes, it sounds like a familiar
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  theme, but Holy Spirit, open our hearts so that you would
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  communicate freshly to us today with just the words that you
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  need us to hear. All right, friends, it is alive
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  and active, this word of God. Let us read it together.
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  Isaiah chapter 42. Look at my servant whom I
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  strengthen. He is my chosen one who pleases
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  me. I've put my spirit upon him.
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  He will bring justice to the nations.
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  He will not shout or raise his voice in public.
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  He will not crush the weakest Reed or put out a flickering
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  candle. He will bring justice to all who
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  have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart
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  until justice prevails throughout the earth.
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  Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for His
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  instruction. God the Lord created the heavens
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  and stretched them out. He created the earth and
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  everything in it. He gives breath to everyone,
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  life to everyone who walks the earth.
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  And it is He who says I, the Lord, have called you to
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  demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and
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  guard you, and I will give you to my people Israel, as a symbol
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  of My covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide
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  the nations. You will open the eyes of the
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  blind. He will free the captives from
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  prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
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  I am the Lord that is my name. I will not give my glory to
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  anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.
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  Everything I prophesied has come true.
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  And now I will prophecy again. I will tell you the future
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  before it happens. Sing a new song to the Lord.
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  Sing his praises from the ends of the earth.
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  Sing all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant
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  coastlands. Join in the chorus you desert
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  towns. Let the villages of Kedar
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  rejoice. Let the peoples of Selah sing
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  for joy. Shout praises from the mountain
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  tops. Let the whole world glorify the
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  Lord. Let it sing His praise.
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  The Lord will March forth like a mighty hero.
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  He will come out like a warrior full of fury.
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  He will shout his battle, cry and crush all his enemies.
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  He will say, I have long been silent.
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  Yes, I have restrained myself, But now, like a woman in labour,
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  I will cry and groan and pant. I will level the mountains and
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  hills and blight all their greenery.
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  I will turn the rivers into dry land and will dry up all the
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  pools. I will lead blind Israel down a
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  new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
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  I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the
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  road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these
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  things. I will not forsake them, but
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  those who trust in idols, who say you are our gods, will be
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  turned away in shame. Listen, you who are deaf look
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  and see you blind. Who is as blind as my own
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  people. My servant, who is as deaf as my
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  messenger, who is as blind as my chosen people, the servant of
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  the Lord. You see and recognize what is
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  right, but refuse to act on it. You hear with your ears, but you
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  don't really listen because he is righteous.
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  The Lord has exalted his glorious law, but his own people
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  have been robbed and plundered and slaved, imprisoned and
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  trapped. They are fair game for anyone
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  and have no one to protect them, no one to take them back home.
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  Who will hear these lessons from the past and see the ruin that
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  awaits you in the future? Who allowed Israel to be robbed
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  and hurt? It was the Lord against whom we
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  sinned, for the people would not walk in his path, nor would they
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  obey His law. Therefore he poured out his fury
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  on them and destroyed them in battle.
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  They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to
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  understand. They were consumed by fire.
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  But they did not learn their lesson.
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  Lord, often our part in your story can feel a little
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  overwhelming, a little confusing and unclear as we cast our eyes
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  across the enormity of you and your mission.
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  When it all feels too hard, Lord, just help draw our focus
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  to that very next step in obedience to you.
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  That's all you ask us to do, is take that next step in obedience
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  to you. So as we take these simple steps
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  each moment of today, Lord, I pray for your confidence.
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  I pray for your compassion that as we live our lives today, we
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  would do that as your servant, bringing your Kingdom here in
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  the world just as you want it to be.
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  Thank you that you actually care about this world, that you, this
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  incredibly almighty God, has your heart set on loving and
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  drawing this world back into your embrace.
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  Thank you and we pray all of these things in the name of
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  Jesus. Amen.