In today's reading the Prophet Isaiah reflects on God's glory and power. He also reflects on Israel's calling to serve the world and work for justice. That's a calling we share today as well. Like Israel, God has called us to free the oppressed and be light to the world.
blessings as you seek God's calling for you,
Sam
Isaiah 42:5-12
5Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and
what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those
who walk in it: 6I am the Lord, I have called
you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given
you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, 7to open
the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the
prison those who sit in darkness.
8I am the Lord, that is my
name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. 9See, the
former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they
spring forth, I tell you of them. 10Sing to the Lord
a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that
fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants. 11Let the desert and
its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the
inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the tops of the
mountains. 12Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare his praise in the coastlands.
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