Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"I, the LORD, speak righteousness"
Text: Isaiah 45:19
POWERFUL STATEMENTS
The LORD made some very significant and powerful statements concerning Himself. These declarations were made to strengthen the faith of Israel.
“For thus says the LORD,
Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it in vain,
Who formed it to be inhabited:
‘I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I have not spoken in secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in vain’;
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.'”
Isaiah 45:18-19
1. A series of unique declarations.
a) The Person who made these vital statements was the LORD Himself.
b) Each statement begins with “Who”.
i) Who but the LORD created the heavens?
ii) Who is truly God?
iii) Who formed and made the earth?
iv) Who established it?
v) Who did not create in vain?
vi) Who formed the earth so that it might be inhabited?
c) Collectively, these statements affirm that the LORD is truly
a great and wonderful God.
2. The Word of the LORD.
a) God had not spoken secretively.
b) What He had spoken was plain for all to hear and understand.
c) He did not ask Jacob (Israel) to seek Him in vain.
d) God’s word is totally righteous.
e) He declares only that which is true and right.
3. Man’s part.
a) To know God and to trust Him.
b) To find faith and hope in God.
c) To live righteously before the LORD.