Isaiah 42 starts with God describing his servant and messenger. He has high praise for Isaiah and then makes this statement which needs to be our charge: “I have called you to live right and well…and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations”. We have a purpose for living. You may remember the old song “This little light of mine”. I’m gonna let it shine. God has called us to shine and be a lighthouse for people to see His power and glory and grace. But we can’t do that if we hide it under a bushel. We have to let our light shine, and it really has to shine brightly to compete with all the other stuff people are being distracted with today. The competition for even a little attention is pretty fierce. The key for us to be a lighthouse is consistent living day after day with all those we are able to touch. We need to let God have His way with us each moment. People are watching. We can’t separate our spiritual life from our work life from our home life from our church life. Our spiritual life is who we are. It is how we become His lighthouse. We have to let it shine in everything we say and do.
Isaiah also says these words: “You’ve seen a lot, but looked at nothing. You’ve heard everything, but listened to nothing”. Does that describe you? Is that how your marriage is? How about your prayer time or Bible reading? God is speaking to us constantly but are we listening. He shows us things continually but we are not looking. We have to pay attention to what God is up to. We need to put our spiritual antennae up and get connected with God. The chapter closes with these words: “Their whole world collapsed but they still didn’t get it; their life is in ruins but they don’t take it to heart”. Is this today? Is God trying to tell us something and we just aren’t paying attention? We need to wake up and look and listen. God is alive and talking to us.
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