HOPE
Isaiah 52:7-10
What an incredible reading
to begin Advent 2015 – filled with hope of a return of the people
of Judah from bondage and exile in Babylon to Jerusalem, hope that
the temple would be re-built and worship restored, hope that God
would return as promised through the prophets and love his people
once again. And, in verse seven, the proclamation that God reigns.
What a powerful statement that in fact summarizes the entire message
of these three amazing verses.
This short biblical text
begins with the voice of a single messenger, spreads to the voices of
the watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem, and then to the whole of
Jerusalem, so that a whole choir is singing praises to God. But it
is the final message in verse ten of global anticipation that
particularly resonates with me. The message is for “all the
nations” and it is a message for today as well. In the midst of
the ruins in our world, as we see people still being held in bondage
and oppression, as we see great destruction and waste of our
beautiful planet, as we witness great human suffering all around us,
we can still experience the great hope and the great faith that says
– God’s purpose is global, for all of us and forever. “God
Reigns”.
-Sandi Austin
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