Promises Never Broken

Isaiah 54

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 – from Aunt Susan

I read this chapter and felt like I was back in a college literacy class.  I don’t do well with figurative language, I am a very literal girl – what I see is how I perceive. So I had to go to Joel for this one.  Listening to him talk about it encouraged me because what he explained is what I was thinking.  That boosted my ego a little bit.  But I want to encourage anyone reading this to not take my word for anything.  I should have said this a long time ago.  Please take the time to read these passages for yourself and see how God speaks to you.  You may have a completely different way of seeing things and I would love to hear it!

What Joel and I see in this chapter is the metaphor of God calling Israel a barren woman who Joel thinks might be Sarah, Abraham’s wife.  It makes sense when you see that He is calling her a barren woman then tells her she will not be shamed and can make her tent bigger because she will have descendants all over the nations.  In verse 8 God says, “In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you.” Maybe this is talking about how Israel has turned its back on God.  They did not believe and trust in Him and He turned His back on them and let them fall into despair.  

However, the hope comes in verse 9 where He swears to never be angry or rebuke them again.  The promises of God are never broken.  This is where the hope is found – JESUS IS COMING!!! God promises that His “unfailing love will not be shaken nor [His] covenant of peace be removed,” verse 10.  His plan was in the works then. His Son would be sent to earth to sacrifice Himself for us.  His plan is in the works now.  There is a great day coming when our Savior will call us back home and we won’t have to fear, or be in pain, or cry out in grief, or feel weary.  That day is coming and all will be made right!