“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are
taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by
morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” Isaiah
50:4
This verse begins the third of four “servant songs” found
in the book of Isaiah. I’ve been meditating on this particular verse all week
in preparation for my sermon tomorrow. I’m preaching on Jesus calling the
disciples to leave fishing, and become fishers of men.
I’ll bring up some of Jesus’ “hard” teachings in my sermon
tomorrow. I’ll ask questions about commitment, and obedience, and adherence to
Jesus’ teachings, trusting the Spirit to prompt and push my hearers to wrestle
with the words of Jesus. But as I pray and think in my office tonight, I can’t
help but come back to this verse in Isaiah 50. “…that I may know how to sustain
with a word him who is weary.”
Wow.
Conviction.
Isaiah prophesies that Jesus would “sustain with a word
him who is weary”. May I remember tomorrow that Jesus’ words truly are
sustaining words. His words sustain the weary!
Oh, I pray that Jesus’ words tomorrow from the pages of
scripture would uplift and sustain the weary hearts of my listeners!
Do His words sustain you?
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