Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The LORD will guide you continually"
Text: Isaiah 58:11
ISRAEL MUST DO ITS PART
The blessings of the LORD are always conditional. Israel must seek to do its part in obeying the instructions from the LORD.
“If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
The LORD will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”
Isaiah 58:10-11
1. Basic duties
a) To care for the hungry.
b) To help the afflicted.
c) There were many who did well in their life.
d) But there were some who did not fare so well.
i) These people needed help.
ii) Israel must seek to do its part for the poor and needy.
iii) The nation came from one single family.
iv) Thus, all are related to each other!
2. IF and THEN
a) If Israel would do its part faithfully.
b) Then the blessings of the LORD would be outpoured.
3. What Israel may look forward to:
a) Amidst darkness, Light would be given.
b) The deepest darkness would be as noonday.
c) The LORD would guide continually.
d) He will give strength to the bones.
e) The nation will be like a well-watered garden.
f) The land would be like a spring that will not fail.