Isa
42:16 (ESV)
16 And I will lead the blind
in a
way that they do not know,
in
paths that they have not known
I will
guide them.
I will
turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These
are the things I do,
and I
do not forsake them.
NOTE: So much of Isa
40-66 is directly related to Jesus' time and the new covenant, that it is
impossible to ignore the correspondence of these 27 chapters to the 27 books of
the New Testament. Chapter 42 begins with a prophecy of Jesus, how he will come
and how he will act. Jesus ushers in a new period of time where the theme of
this chapter is turning people from blindness to people who can see. We are the
blind people, a world blinded by sin and our own arrogance. We think we know so
much and really know so very little. God ought to laugh at our stupidity and
ignore our existence. But He doesn't, because He loves us. He promises to open
those eyes and guide us into the light so that we can see. For those who
believe in Christ for their salvation, God does just that. He opens eyes and
brings us into a new place in life. Everything looks different to a person who
has believed. Sometimes it is hard to explain. Life is just so much clearer. It
certainly doesn't mean we are right on all the issues. We carry a lot of
baggage into the Christian life. But as we grow to know Jesus and allow him to
change us to be like him, our eyes are opened more and more to His truth. But
this requires a deep personal relationship with God. It is not the same as
religiosity. As seen in Isaiah 1, God hates religiosity. Too many so called
believers have fooled themselves, forsaking a relationship for the appearance
of holiness (the appearance of holiness is religiosity). Lord, open our eyes to
our sin. Help us to desire a relationship with you above all else in this
world.
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