Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"My Servant shall deal prudently"
Text: Isaiah 52:13
THE MESSIANIC SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah wrote about the Messianic Servant of the LORD in this text. His ministry would be a most difficult one. But He would succeed and He would be extolled greatly.
“Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;
He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
So shall He sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For what had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.”
Isaiah 52:13-15
1. How the Messianic Servant would serve.
a) He would always serve prudently.
b) He would be very successful in His ministry.
c) He would be greatly:
i) Exalted
ii) Extolled
2. There would be great suffering.
a) Many would be astonished at His suffering.
b) His visage would be marred.
c) His form would be assaulted severely.
d) Just as Israel suffered greatly, so the Messianic Servant would suffer.
e) This was an unexpected revelation about the Messianic Servant.
3. Some features of the Messianic ministry highlighted.
a) He would sprinkle many nations.
i) This was a prophecy.
ii) He would impact not just Israel.
iii) Many nations would be impacted too.
b) The word “sprinkle”.
i) It may suggest cleansing.
ii) It may include sanctification.
iii) This thought is truly startling.
c) Kings would be impacted.
They would shut their mouths in astonishment.
d) Many things about the Messiah had not been revealed.
i) They would see what the Messiah would do.
ii) They would consider what they would hear.