Two very different words… still both offer a slice of promise. And it is upon the promises that my heart clings today.
The chapter opens with words that draw me in… See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice. Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land (1-2).
To have a king who reigns in righteousness, what an anomaly. As I listen to news reports it seems that the more power a leader has the more he/she gets sucked into the vortex of protecting power and privilege. And this is anything but righteousness. Yet Isaiah sees a day where a king will reign in righteousness. And then he built the word pictures of that day… will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. How amazing it would be, it will be, to live in that day.
I don't see that day coming led by earthly rulers. But that day will come when Jesus the righteous one, King of kings and Lord of lords reigns. And what a wonderful day that will be. Yes, what a wonderful day that will be.
Then in the second prophecy, the one to the women, my heart connected with verse 15. Bad days will come, till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest (15). The Spirit has come, Pentecost, God is breaking into our world. Through Jesus, I am a person of the Spirit. Through Christ this same Spirit lives in me. It is the guarantee that God will come and bring me into His perfect inheritance where the Spirit will live and the king –Jesus –will reign in righteousness.
Oh, what a day what will be. Yes, what a wonderful day that will be.
Jesus, Father, Holy Spirit, I sit here today content in You and longing for that day, Your day. Come, Lord Jesus, come. In the name of the Triune God I pray. Amen.
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