Isaiah 42:4 - Prayer Tents

God’s Servant Will Set Everything Right

42"Take a good look at my servant. I'm backing him to the hilt. He's the one I chose, and I couldn't be more pleased with him. I've bathed him with my Spirit, my life. He'll set everything right among the nations.H5650H8551H972H5315H7521H5414H7307H3318H4941H14712He won't call attention to what he does with loud speeches or gaudy parades.H6817H5375H6963H8085H23513He won't brush aside the bruised and the hurt and he won't disregard the small and insignificant, but he'll steadily and firmly set things right.H7533H7070H7665H3544H6594H3518H3318H4941H5714He won't tire out and quit. He won't be stopped until he's finished his work—to set things right on earth. Far-flung ocean islands wait expectantly for his teaching."H3543H7533H7760H4941H776H339H3176H8451

The God Who Makes Us Alive with His Own Life

5GOD's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life:H559H410H3068H1254H8064H5186H7554H776H6631H5414H5397H5971H7307H19806"I am GOD. I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations,H3068H7121H6664H2388H3027H5341H5414H1285H5971H216H14717To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons.H6491H5787H5869H3318H616H4525H3427H2822H3608H10048I am GOD. That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols.H3068H8034H3519H5414H312H8416H64569Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."H7223H935H2319H5046H6779H808510Sing to GOD a brand-new song, sing his praises all over the world! Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause, with all the far-flung islands joining in.H7891H3068H2319H7892H8416H7097H776H3381H3220H4393H339H342711Let the desert and its camps raise a tune, calling the Kedar nomads to join in. Let the villagers in Sela round up a choir and perform from the tops of the mountains.H4057H5892H5375H2691H6938H3427H3427H5553H7442H6681H7218H202212Make GOD's glory resound; echo his praises from coast to coast.H7760H3519H3068H5046H8416H33913GOD steps out like he means business. You can see he's primed for action. He shouts, announcing his arrival; he takes charge and his enemies fall into line:H3068H3318H1368H5782H7068H376H4421H7321H6873H1396H34114"I've been quiet long enough. I've held back, biting my tongue. But now I'm letting loose, letting go, like a woman who's having a baby—H5769H2814H2790H662H6463H3205H5395H8074H7602H316215Stripping the hills bare, withering the wildflowers, Drying up the rivers, turning lakes into mudflats.H2717H2022H1389H3001H6212H7760H5104H339H3001H9816But I'll take the hand of those who don't know the way, who can't see where they're going. I'll be a personal guide to them, directing them through unknown country. I'll be right there to show them what roads to take, make sure they don't fall into the ditch. These are the things I'll be doing for them— sticking with them, not leaving them for a minute."H3212H5787H1870H3045H1869H5410H3045H7760H4285H216H6440H4625H4334H1697H6213H580017But those who invested in the no-gods are bankrupt—dead broke.H5472H268H1322H954H982H6459H559H4541H430

You’ve Seen a Lot, but Looked at Nothing

18Pay attention! Are you deaf? Open your eyes! Are you blind?H8085H2795H5027H5787H720019You're my servant, and you're not looking! You're my messenger, and you're not listening! The very people I depended upon, servants of GOD, blind as a bat—willfully blind!H5787H5650H2795H4397H7971H5787H7999H5787H3068H565020You've seen a lot, but looked at nothing. You've heard everything, but listened to nothing.H7200H7200H7227H8104H6491H241H808521GOD intended, out of the goodness of his heart, to be lavish in his revelation.H3068H2654H6664H1431H8451H14222But this is a people battered and cowed, shut up in attics and closets, Victims licking their wounds, feeling ignored, abandoned.H5971H962H8154H6351H2352H970H2244H3608H1004H957H5337H4933H559H772523But is anyone out there listening? Is anyone paying attention to what's coming?H238H7181H8085H26824Who do you think turned Jacob over to the thugs, let loose the robbers on Israel? Wasn't it GOD himself, this God against whom we've sinned— not doing what he commanded, not listening to what he said?H5414H3290H4933H4882H3478H962H3068H2098H2398H14H1980H1870H8085H845125Isn't it God's anger that's behind all this, God's punishing power? Their whole world collapsed but they still didn't get it; their life is in ruins but they don't take it to heart.H8210H2534H639H5807H4421H3857H5439H3045H1197H7760H3820